Sensation is the process of: A. picking up information and relaying it to the brain. B. producing patterns to represent the outside world. C. seeing, hearing smelling, and touching. D. interpreting information and finding meaning.

The correct answer is A. Sensation is the process of picking up information and relaying it to the brain. Sensation involves the detection of stimuli by sensory receptors and the transmission of this information to the brain for processing.