Notes on perception and perceptual development
PERCEPTION [reading #6]
1-Quote by Bohm, American physicist; 2-Definitions of perception; 3-Stages of perceptual development; 4-Importance of perception; 5-Bornstein and perceptual development; 6-Perceptual development in adults; 7-Working on perceptual skills in adulthood; and 8-Perception as the basis of human development in modern psychology.
1-“Science is primarily a perceptual enterprise, and not in gaining knowledge, though knowledge appears. Knowledge is a by-product. By understanding something, you can have contact with it, so long as it is coherent. It shows that our perception is correct. So we must distinguish between correct appearances and incorrect or illusory appearances. Our thinking process should be called an extension of our perceptual process when done rightly, and not primarily the accumulation of knowledge.”~David Bohm
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2-Definitions and types of perception:
1. the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending [“to take hold of”; to grasp by the mind] by means of the senses or of the mind
2. cognition
4. the result or product of perceiving, as distinguished from the act of perceiving; percept.
7. sense
6. recognition discernment; analysis; appearance versus reality; distractibiltiy
10. discernment
40. the capacity to find the right item (answer, solution, etc.) among many similar or distracting items
13. "perception, apprehension, a taking,
14. the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses: the normal limits to human perception
15. the way in which something is regarded, understood, or interpreted
16. perception refers to the way you take in the world through your senses
17. a way of knowing something
18. a particular way of understanding or thinking about something
highlights the fact that perception is different than learning; that there is a development, skills involved
11. ability to perceive
19. the ability to
1-Quote by Bohm, American physicist; 2-Definitions of perception; 3-Stages of perceptual development; 4-Importance of perception; 5-Bornstein and perceptual development; 6-Perceptual development in adults; 7-Working on perceptual skills in adulthood; and 8-Perception as the basis of human development in modern psychology.
1-“Science is primarily a perceptual enterprise, and not in gaining knowledge, though knowledge appears. Knowledge is a by-product. By understanding something, you can have contact with it, so long as it is coherent. It shows that our perception is correct. So we must distinguish between correct appearances and incorrect or illusory appearances. Our thinking process should be called an extension of our perceptual process when done rightly, and not primarily the accumulation of knowledge.”~David Bohm
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2-Definitions and types of perception:
1. the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending [“to take hold of”; to grasp by the mind] by means of the senses or of the mind
2. cognition
4. the result or product of perceiving, as distinguished from the act of perceiving; percept.
7. sense
6. recognition discernment; analysis; appearance versus reality; distractibiltiy
10. discernment
40. the capacity to find the right item (answer, solution, etc.) among many similar or distracting items
13. "perception, apprehension, a taking,
14. the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses: the normal limits to human perception
15. the way in which something is regarded, understood, or interpreted
16. perception refers to the way you take in the world through your senses
17. a way of knowing something
18. a particular way of understanding or thinking about something
highlights the fact that perception is different than learning; that there is a development, skills involved
11. ability to perceive
19. the ability to