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apperception

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ap·per·cep·tion  (pr-spshn)
n.
1. Conscious perception with full awareness.
2. The process of understanding by which newly observed qualities of an object are related to past experience.
[New Latin appercepti, apperceptin- : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin percepti, perception; see perception.]
apper·ceptive (-sptv) adj.
apperception [ˌæpəˈsɛpʃən]
n Psychol
1. (Psychology) the attainment of full awareness of a sensation or idea
2. (Psychology) the act or process of apperceiving
apperceptive  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.apperception - the process whereby perceived qualities of an object are related to past experience
basic cognitive process - cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge
Translations
apperception [ˌæpəˈsepʃən]
A. N (frm) → percepción f
B. CPD apperception test N (US) → test m de percepción
apperception
n (Philos, Psych) → bewusste Wahrnehmung


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A research version of the Thematic Apperception Test (Morgan & Murray, 1935) was used to measure implicit social motives.
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He sought to articulate the new art's relationship to human apperception, by which he presumably meant something akin to intuitive self-consciousness or subconscious self-awareness--our sense of ourselves, to put it simplistically.
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