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Chapter 36: Q. 5 (page 1046)

If a person’s cold receptors no longer convert cold stimuli into sensory signals, that person has a problem with the process of ________. a. reception b. transmission c. perception d. transduction

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The correct option is d

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step 1. Introduction

Sensory receptors occur in sense organs such as the eyes, nose, ear, skin, and tongue which detect and respond to various stimuli.

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Step 2. Explanation of the correct option

Option b is correct because transduction is a translation of sensory signals to an electrical signal in a nervous system.

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Step 3. Explanation of the incorrect option

Option a is incorrect because the reception is the process of activating receptors by stimuli.

Option b is incorrect because transmission is a transfer of signals.

Option c is incorrect because perception is a way of receiving and interpreting signals.

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