Definition & Meaning | English word APPERCEPTION
APPERCEPTION
Definitions of APPERCEPTION
- (uncountable, psychology and philosophy, especially Kantianism) The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states, unifying past and present experiences; self-consciousness, perception that reflects upon itself.
- (uncountable) Psychological or mental perception; recognition.
- (countable, psychology) The general process or a particular act of mental assimilation of new experience into the totality of one's past experience.
Number of letters
12
Is palindrome
No
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Examples of Using APPERCEPTION in a Sentence
- To determine how strongly an individual felt each of the three needs, McClelland used the thematic apperception test (TAT), which is designed to uncover a person's unconscious drives, emotions, wants and needs.
- Titchener rejected Wundt's notions of apperception and creative synthesis (voluntary action), which were the basis of Wundt's voluntarism.
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