Chapter 7

PERCEPTION

1. The function of perception: Need of knowing the material world--The problem which confronts the child. 2. The nature of perception: How a percept is formed--The percept involves all relations of the object--The content of the percept--The accuracy of percepts depends on experience--Not definitions, but first-hand contact. 3. The perception of space: The perceiving of distance--The perceiving of direction. 4. The perception of time: Nature of the time sense--No perception of empty time. 5. The training of perception: Perception needs to be trained--School training in perception. 6. Problems in observation and introspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98