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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
Perception is a set of psychological processes that help us understand the world around us. We encounter numerous stimuli every second through our sensory organs. It brings about awareness and interpretation of our environment. It involves selection, organization, and interpretation of the sensory information based on one's previous experiences, needs, aspirations and even considering other's experiences.<ref name=":1">http://egyankosh.ac.in//handle/123456789/61382</ref>
Perception is a set of psychological processes that help us understand the world around us. We encounter numerous stimuli every second through our sensory organs. It brings about awareness and interpretation of our environment. It involves selection, organization, and interpretation of the sensory information based on one's previous experiences, needs, aspirations and even considering other's experiences.<ref name=":1">http://egyankosh.ac.in//handle/123456789/61382</ref>
In the Western tradition perception and inference, or experience and reason, are widely recognized as the two sources of knowledge, while in India six sources ([[ShadPramanas (षड्प्रमाणाः)|shad pramanas]]) are widely recognised as valid sources of knowledge.
== Sensation ==
== Sensation ==
According to this Gestalt principle, we tend to segment our visual world into figure and ground. Figure is the object or person that is the focus of the visual field, while ground is the background.
According to this Gestalt principle, we tend to segment our visual world into figure and ground. Figure is the object or person that is the focus of the visual field, while ground is the background.
The factors which determine perceptual grouping are:-
The other factors which determine perceptual grouping are:-
(a) Proximity: All other factors being equal, stimuli that are near one another tend to be grouped together. For example, if four stand near one another and a fifth 10 feet away, the adjacent four will be seen as a group and the distant fifth as an outsider. Events that are close in time and space are also perceived together.
(a) Proximity: All other factors being equal, stimuli that are near one another tend to be grouped together. For example, if four stand near one another and a fifth 10 feet away, the adjacent four will be seen as a group and the distant fifth as an outsider. Events that are close in time and space are also perceived together.
== Perception Vs Pratyaksha Pramana ==
== Perception Vs Pratyaksha Pramana ==
In the Indian tradition, it is the self-as-knower which involves the cognitive structures and processes operating within the individual at any given time. In cognitive terms, I ''am'' the way I get to know the world.
In Indian philosophy, the terms nirvikalpa and savikalpa have been used to describe two distinct forms of perception. It is common in most schools of Indian thought to describe perception and cognition (samjñana) among babies as nirvikalpa pratyaksa, meaning that infants do not have the ability to perceive diversity or distinction, or to construe or imagine. In other words, individuals develop the ability to make meaningful distinctions, construe, and imagine (savikalpa pratyaksa), i.e., the capacity to “reason,” as they grow up.<ref>Paranjpe, A. C. (2006) ''Self and identity in modern psychology and Indian thought.'' New York: Kluwer Academic Publishers.</ref>
== References ==
== References ==
[[Category:Yoga]]
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[[Category:Darshanas]]
[[Category:Darshanas]]