Any Detectable Change in the Internal or External Environment Is

Question

Any detectable change in the internal or external environment is called a _______.
A) reception
B) transduction
C) stimulus
D) transmission

Accepted Answer

A stimulus is any detectable change in the internal or external environment that can cause a response in an organism. Receptions, transductions, and transmissions are all processes involved in sensory perception and signal transduction, but they do not encompass the broad concept of a stimulus.