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apperception

apperception Apperception is the attention process understood as an interaction between what is now being noticed and the mind’s prior conscious contents and settled mental tendencies.

Apperception is the attention process understood as an interaction between what is now being noticed and the mind’s prior conscious contents and settled mental tendencies. In historical use, it also referred to apprehending an object in relation to the self, and in Herbart’s account to older presentations taking up and organizing newer ones.