Associations to the word «Apperception»

Wiktionary

APPERCEPTION, noun. (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.
APPERCEPTION, noun. (uncountable) Psychological or mental perception; recognition.
APPERCEPTION, noun. (countable) (psychology) The general process or a particular act of mental assimilation of new experience into the totality of one's past experience.

Dictionary definition

APPERCEPTION, noun. The process whereby perceived qualities of an object are related to past experience.

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan