1. the process by which new experience is assimilated to and transformed by the residuum of past experience of an individual to form a new whole
Usage: psychology; philosophy
2. mental perception; especially conscious perception
Usage: psychology

Examples

• The psychologist studied how apperception influences learning in children.
• His apperception of the situation was colored by his previous experiences.
• The theory of apperception explains how we interpret new information.
• Through apperception, we make sense of unfamiliar concepts by relating them to what we already know.
• The student’s apperception of the lesson improved with practice.
• Apperception involves both conscious awareness and unconscious processing.