| percept | 1. That which is perceived; the complete mental image, formed by the process of perception, of an object or idea. 2. In clinical psychology, a single unit of perceptual report, such as one of the responses to an inkblot in the Rorschach test. Origin: L. Perceptum, a thing perceived (05 Mar 2000) |
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| percept analysis | Psychologic survey of an individual's personality using Rorschach's series of inkblots. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perception | <psychology> The conscious mental registration of a sensory stimulus. Origin: L. Percipere = to take in completely (18 Nov 1997) |
| perceptive | Relating to or having a higher than normal power of perception. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perceptive deafness | Former term for sensorineural deafness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perceptivity | The power of perception. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perceptorium | Origin: L, fr. Sentire, sensum, to discern or perceive by the senses. <physiology> The seat of sensation; the nervous center or centers to which impressions from the external world must be conveyed before they can be perceived; the place where external impressions are localised, and transformed into sensations, prior to being reflected to other parts of the organism; hence, the whole nervous system, when animated, so far as it is susceptible of common or special sensations. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| perceptual closure | The tendency to perceive an incomplete pattern or object as complete or whole. This includes the gestalt law of closure. (12 Dec 1998) |
| perceptual defense | Selective perceiving such that the individual protects himself from becoming aware of something unpleasant or threatening, e.g., obscene words are not heard correctly, or violent acts are not seen accurately. (12 Dec 1998) |
| perceptual disorders | Disturbances in recognizing and interpreting sensory stimuli dependent upon one's previous experience. (12 Dec 1998) |
| perceptual distortion | Lack of correspondence between the way a stimulus is commonly perceived and the way an individual perceives it under given conditions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| perceptual expansion | Development of an ability to recognise and interpret sensory stimuli through associations with past similar stimuli; perceptual expansion by relaxation of defenses is a goal of psychotherapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perceptual masking | The interference of one perceptual stimulus with another causing a decrease or lessening in perceptual effectiveness. (12 Dec 1998) |