Last night I couldn't sleep and had thoughts milling around in my head. The word that kept coming up whilst trying to make sense of everthing was perception...
Its amazing how, when you think you actually know someone or something, things happen that change your whole perception of the person or situation.
I decided to get the exact meaning of the word this morning and this is what I came up with...
noun
1. the act or faculty of apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
2. immediate or intuitive recognition or appreciation, as of moral, psychological, or aesthetic qualities;; intuition; discernment: an artist of rare perception.
3. the result or product of, as distinguished from the act of
Psychology. a single unified awareness derived from sensory processes while a stimulus is present.
Origin: 1350–1400; Middle English percepcioun(< Old French percepcïon) < Latin perceptiōn-(stem of perceptiō) comprehension, literally, a taking in.
The psychological study of risk perception has found that an imposed risk almost always prompts more worry.
Victory is merely the culmination of planning, perception and perseverance.
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