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apperception

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The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states; perception that reflects upon itself; sometimes, intensified or energetic perception.

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Leibniz foreshadowed the entire doctrine of the unconscious, but Herbart actually began it. Wundt was to appeal first to unconscious inference in order to explain perception, and then to apperception. Fechner was to take from Herbart the notion of the measurement of the magnitude... Edwin Boring

According to the "transcendental unity of apperception", the concepts of the mind (Understanding) and the perceptions or intuitions that garner information from phenomena (Sensibility) are synthesized by comprehension. Source: Internet

Cèzanne claimed: "Art is a personal apperception, which I embody in sensations and which I ask the understanding to organize into a painting." Source: Internet

The Thematic Apperception Test (also known as the TAT) involves presenting individuals with vague pictures/scenes and asking them to tell a story based on what they see. Source: Internet

The Thematic Apperception Test, the Children's Apperception Test,and the Senior Apperception Technique in clinical use (6th ed.). Source: Internet

The device also led other researchers to invent new tests such as the tautophone test, the auditory apperception test, and the Azzageddi test. Source: Internet

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