Question

Describe what the term "transduction" means and what are THREE of five ways it occurs. according the book discovery psychology the science of mind 3rd edition

Answer 1

Transduction is the translation of a physical energy into electrical signals by specialized receptors.

Highly specialized cells known as sensory receptors, located in our eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and elsewhere, are responsible for accomplishing the task. Thus sights, sound and smells that we experience are actually the product of transduction, a process in which the physical properties of stimuli are converted into neural signal that are then transmitted to our brain via specialized sensory nerves, The threshold and sensory adaptation are responsible for making the transduction.

Perception and sensory receptor work for transduction. Perception is the process through which we select, organize and interpret input from our sensory receptors. The sensory receptors are the cells of the body specialized for the task of transduction- converting physical energy into neural impulses.