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APPERCEPTION (Lat. ad and percipere, perceive) , in psychology, a term
apperception is (I) transcendentalthe perception of an object as involving the consciousness of the pure self as subject, and (2) empirical,the cognition of the self in its concrete existence. In (I) apperception is almost equivalent to self-consciousness; the existence of the ego may be more or less prominent, but it is always involved. According to J. F. Herbart (q.v.) apperception is that process by which an aggregate or " mass " of presentations becomes systematized (apperceptionssystem) by the accretion of new elements, either sense-given orproduct of the inner workings of the mind. He thus emphasizes in apperception the connexion with the self as resulting from the sum of antecedent experience. Hence in education the teacher should fully acquaint himself with the mental development of the pupil, in order that he may make full use of what the pupil already knows.Apperception is thus a general term
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See Karl Lange, Ueber Apperception (6th ed. revised, Leipzig
Analytic Psychology (London, 1896), bk. ii. ch. viii., and in general text books of psychology; also PSYCHOLOGY.End of Article: APPERCEPTION (Lat. ad and percipere, perceive) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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