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   Perception
   Perception is the ability to observe and understand, particularly intuitively.
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   Perception
   An active information process, which allows us to organise, interpret, and ultimately act upon sensory information coming to us from our outside world. Perception is different from sensation. We may all sense the same stimulus, but our individual perception of it can be different. This is a consequence of our perception, where our senses, gestalten, and past experience of the stimulus combine. What makes the difference between sensation and perception is past experience. Two girls walking down a road pass a boy. One thinks he is highly fanciable, the other thinks otherwise. They both sense the same stimulus. They both use the same gestalten. Their perception is different as a result of past experience. Girl number 2 has been the recent victim of domestic violence. Her perception is entirely different because of her past experience of men.
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   perception
   [n] - a way of conceiving something 2. [n] - knowledge gained by perceiving 3. [n] - the process of perceiving
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   Perception
   This is the name given to the process by which information acquired from the environment is transformed into experience of objects and events (Roth and Frisby, 1986). It is a selective placing of input into one category of identity rather than another (Bruner, 1957), thus making it essentially an ac
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   Perception
   the way in which individuals analyse and interpret incoming information and make sense of it.
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   Perception
   A psychological process by which we make sense of what we are experiencing.
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   Perception
   The process of acquiring, interpreting, selecting, and organizing sensory information
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   perception
   complex appearing in the field of consciousness and made of sense impressions supplemented by the memory.Visual perceptions,in particular,contribute towards the formation of our concepts of the existence,form and position of objects Category: Medicine
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   Perception
   Per·cep'tion noun [ Latin perceptio : confer French perception . See Perceive .] 1. The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discernment; apperhension; cognition. 2. (Metaph.) The faculty of perceiving; the faculty, or peculiar part, of man's constitution ...
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    perception
    <psychology> The conscious mental registration of a sensory stimulus. ... Origin: L. Percipere = to take in completely ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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    perception
    noun the process of perceiving
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    Perception
    In psychology and the cognitive sciences, `perception` is the process of acquiring, interpreting, selecting, and organizing sensory information. It is a task far more complex than was imagined in the 1950s and 1960s, when it was proclaimed that building perceiving machines would take about a decade, but, needless to say, that is still very far from reality. The word `perception` comes from the Latin `perception-, percepio, `, meaning `receiving, ...
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    perception
    (pәr-sep´shәn) the conscious mental registration of a sensory stimulus. adj., percep´tive., adj. depth perception the ability to recognize depth or the relative distances to different objects in space. extrasensory perception(ESP)  ...
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    Perception
    • (n.) The quality, state, or capability, of being affected by something external; sensation; sensibility. • (n.) An idea; a notion. • (n.) The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discernment; apperhension; cognition. • (n.) Th...
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    Perception
    (from the article `Price, H.H.`) ...Oxford (1935–59), where he was educated, Price taught at Magdalen College (1922–24), Liverpool University (1922–23), and Trinity College ...
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    perception
    in humans, the process whereby sensory stimulation is translated into organized experience. That experience, or percept, is the joint product of the ... [44 related articles]
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    perception
    (L. percipere to take in completely) the conscious mental registration of a sensory stimulus.
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    perception
    The mental process of becoming aware of or recognizing an object or idea; primarily cognitive rather than affective or conative, although all three aspects are manifested. Syn: esthesia 1
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    Perception
    Perception is the cognitive impression that is formed of 'reality' which in turn influences the individual's actions and behavior toward that object.
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    perception
    perception, in psychology, mental organization and interpretation of sensory information. The Gestalt psychologists studied extensively the ways in which people organize and select from the vast array of stimuli that are presented to them, concentrating particularly on visual stimuli. Perception is ...
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    Perception
    (Lat. perceptio, from percipere, to perceive) (a) In contemporary psychology and epistemology: Perception is the apprehension of ordinary sense-objects, such as trees, houses, chairs, etc., on the occasion of sensory stimulation. Perception is distinguished, on the one hand, from sensation (the apprehension of isolated sense qualities) and on the ...
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