Anna is reading her psychology textbook.The light reflects off the words on the page and falls on the sensory receptors in her retina,which results in ________.Then her brain interprets the stimuli as particular words,which is called ________.

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Sensation refers to the detection of physical stimuli while perception refers to the interpretation of these stimuli. In this scenario, the light reflecting off the words on the page is the physical stimulus detected by Anna's sensory receptors in her retina, which is sensation. Then her brain interprets the stimuli as particular words, which is perception. Therefore, the correct answer is B, sensation for the detection and perception for the interpretation.

Anna Is Reading Her Psychology Textbook