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apperception /ap·per·cep·tion/ (ap″er-sep´shun) the process of receiving, appreciating, and interpreting sensory impressions.
ap·per·cep·tion (pr-spshn)
n.
1. Conscious perception with full awareness. Also called comprehension.
2. The process of understanding by which newly observed qualities of an object are related to past experience.

apper·ceptive (-sptv) adj.

Apperception
The process of understanding through linkage with previous experience.

apperception
[ap′ərsep′shən]
Etymology: L, ad, toward, percipere, to perceive
1 mental perception or recognition.
2 (in psychology) a conscious process of understanding or perceiving in terms of a person's previous knowledge, experiences, emotions, and memories. apperceptive, adj.

apperception [ap″er-sep´shun]
conscious discernment of a sensory stimulus, understanding its significance as interpreted through one's own emotional outlook, experiences, and prior knowledge.

apperception 
The ability to perceive and interpret fully any psychic content or sensory stimuli. Example: the apperception aroused by new objects in the visual field that are noticed when entering an unfamiliar room.

apperception
Psychiatry Perception modified by personal emotions, memories, biases


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