Definition of perceptions Perceptions

/pɚsɛˈpʃʌnz/ - [persepshunz] -

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What does perceptions mean?

Wiktionary

perceptions (Noun)
Plural of perception.

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perceptions, noun, plural of perception.

WordNet

Noun Plural: perceptions
perception - the process of perceiving
		basic cognitive process cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge
		perceptual constancy, constancy the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation; "early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds"
		sensing, detection becoming aware of something via the senses
		beholding, visual perception, seeing perception by means of the eyes
		auditory perception, sound perception the perception of sound as a meaningful phenomenon
		aesthesis, esthesis, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression, sensation an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; "a sensation of touch"
		somatic sensation, somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somesthesia the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs
perception - knowledge gained by perceiving; "a man admired for the depth of his perception"
		cognition, knowledge, noesis the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
		perceptiveness, discernment the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding
		insight, penetration grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
perception - a way of conceiving something; "Luther had a new perception of the Bible"
perception - becoming aware of something via the senses
		sensing
		sensory activity activity intended to achieve a particular sensory result
		looking at, looking, look the act of searching visually
		listening, hearing the act of hearing attentively; "you can learn a lot by just listening"; "they make good music--you should give them a hearing"
		lipreading perceiving what a person is saying by observing the movements of the lips
		tasting, taste taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality; "cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most"
perception - the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
		percept, perceptual experience
		internal representation, mental representation, representation an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent
		figure a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating; "she made the best score on compulsory figures"
		ground (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
		pattern, shape, form a model considered worthy of imitation; "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"

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Wiktionary

perception (Noun)
Conscious understanding of something.
perception (Noun)
Vision.
perception (Noun)
Acuity.
perception (Noun)
cognition That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood imagine looking through fog, trying to understand if you see a small dog or a cat; also that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition, deduction, etc.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

perception (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.
perception (n.)
The faculty of perceiving; the faculty, or peculiar part, of man's constitution by which he has knowledge through the medium or instrumentality of the bodily organs; the act of apperhending material objects or qualities through the senses; -- distinguished from conception.
perception (n.)
The quality, state, or capability, of being affected by something external; sensation; sensibility.
perception (n.)
An idea; a notion.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

perception
The conscious understanding of something.

Wikipedia

In psychology and the cognitive sciences, perception is the process of getting, interpreting, selecting, and organizing sensory information.

Methods of studying perception range from essentially biological or physiological approaches, through psychological approaches through the philosophy of mind and in empiricist epistemology, such as that of David Hume, John Locke, George Berkeley, or as in Merleau Ponty's affirmation of perception as the basis of all science and knowledge.

History of the study of perception.

Perception is one of the oldest fields within scientific psychology, and there are correspondingly many theories about its underlying processes. The oldest quantitative law in psychology is the Weber-Fechner law, which quantifies the relationship between the intensity of physical stimuli and their perceptual effects. It was the study of perception that gave rise to the Gestalt school of psychology, with its emphasis on holistic approach..