| percept: | [1]
A mental impression of something perceived by the senses, viewed as the basic component in the formation of concepts. |
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[2] A percept is the resultant of perceiving. It is the representation of an external event that affected the senses and which - by perceptual processing - caused the activation of a certain category in the mind, i.e., the percept. |
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[3] What the perceiver sees or hears as a result of stimulation, as opposed to the physical reality of the stimulation. The percept may be considered the "object" of study in perceptual psychology. |
"When you drop a
pebble into a pond, it makes a ripple. At first the ripple is only small,
but eventually it grows to cross the whole pond."