单词 | perception |
释义 | perception (once / 351 pages) n Each generation has a different perception — view, idea or understanding — of what is cool. You wouldn't want to walk around in the paisley patterns of the 1960s or the big hair of the 1980s today! Based on the Latin root cipere "to grasp," perception refers to the way you take in the world through your senses. Have you ever thought a stair was bigger than it really was so your step was too heavy? Your depth perception was off. The noun also means the opinions and beliefs you've formed about something. Your perception of your room after you've cleaned it is different than your parents' — you see clean and they probably don't. WORD FAMILYperception: perceptions+/imperceptible: imperceptibility, imperceptibly/misperceive: misperceived, misperceives/perceivable: perceivably, unperceivable/perceive: misperceive, perceivable, perceived, perceiveed, perceiver, perceives, perceiving, perceptible, perception, perceptive, percipient/perceived: unperceived/perceiver: perceivers/perceiving: unperceiving/perceptibility: perceptibilities/perceptible: imperceptible, perceptibility, perceptibly/perceptive: perceptively, perceptiveness, perceptivity, unperceptive/percipient: percipients/unperceivable: unperceivably/unperceiving: unperceivingly/unperceptive: unperceptively, unperceptiveness USAGE EXAMPLESAnd under such conditions it is far easier to believe survivors are catastrophising their perception of reality. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Personal bias clouds our perceptions so profoundly that employee performance ratings often reveal more about the person conducting them than the person being rated. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) Mr Brady said he hoped the national exposure would change people's perceptions of Hull. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) 1n the process of perceiving Hypo|Hyper constancy, perceptual constancy (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation detection, sensingthe perception that something has occurred or some state exists beholding, seeing, visual perceptionperception by means of the eyes auditory perception, sound perceptionthe perception of sound as a meaningful phenomenon aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impressionan unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesiathe perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations feeling, tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch, touch sensationthe sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin brightness constancythe tendency for a visual object to be perceived as having the same brightness under widely different conditions of illumination color constancy, colour constancythe tendency for a color to look the same under widely different viewing conditions shape constancythe tendency to perceive the shape of a rigid object as constant despite differences in the viewing angle (and consequent differences in the shape of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye) size constancythe tendency to perceive the veridical size of a familiar object despite differences in their distance (and consequent differences in the size of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye) contrastthe perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors face recognitionthe visual perception of familiar faces object recognitionthe visual perception of familiar objects visual spacethe visual perception of space speech perceptionthe auditory perception (and comprehension) of speech musical perceptionthe auditory perception of musical sounds limen, thresholdthe smallest detectable sensation maskingthe blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation vision, visual sensationthe perceptual experience of seeing odor, odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smellthe sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensationthe sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus auditory sensation, soundthe subjective sensation of hearing something synaesthesia, synesthesiaa sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated feelinga physical sensation that you experience prickling, tingle, tinglinga somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles creepinessan uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation, skin sensationa sensation localized on the skin pressure, pressure sensationthe somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin pain, pain sensation, painful sensationa somatic sensation of acute discomfort temperaturethe somatic sensation of cold or heat fusion, optical fusionthe combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept basic cognitive process cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge 2n becoming aware of something via the senses Syn|Hypo|Hyper sensing look, looking, looking at the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually hearing, listeningthe act of hearing attentively lipreadingperceiving what a person is saying by observing the movements of the lips taste, tastinga kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds smell, smellingthe act of perceiving the odor of something auscultationlistening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope) coup d'oeil, glance, glimpsea quick look scrutinya prolonged intense look peek, peepa secret look squintthe act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed starea fixed look with eyes open wide evil eyea look that is believed to have the power of inflicting harm rubber-necking, sightseeinggoing about to look at places of interest observance, observation, watchingthe act of observing; taking a patient look lookout, outlookthe act of looking out sight, survey, viewthe act of looking or seeing or observing dekkoBritish slang for a look rehearing, relisteningthe act of hearing again sniff, snuffsensing an odor by inhaling through the nose sensory activity activity intended to achieve a particular sensory result 3n a way of conceiving something Luther had a new perception of the Bible Hyper conceptualisation, conceptuality, conceptualization an elaborated concept 4n knowledge gained by perceiving a man admired for the depth of his perception Hypo|Hyper discernment, perceptiveness perception of that which is obscure insight, penetrationclear or deep perception of a situation cognizancerange or scope of what is perceived cognition, knowledge, noesis the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning 5n the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept Syn|Hypo|Hyper percept, perceptual experience figure a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground grounda relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused visual image, visual percepta percept that arises from the eyes; an image in the visual system eye candyvisual images that are pleasing to see but are intellectually undemanding field, field of viewthe area that is visible (as through an optical instrument) sightan instance of visual perception aspect, panorama, prospect, scene, view, vistathe visual percept of a region field of regard, field of vision, visual fieldall of the points of the physical environment that can be perceived by a stable eye at a given moment internal representation, mental representation, representation a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image |
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