Edward B. Titchener defined perception âas a group of sensations to which meaning is added from past experiences.â In contemporary psychology, perception is commonly treated as an intervening variable dependent upon stimulus factor, earning sets, moods, and emotional and motivational conditions of the organism.
Piwakawaka or Fantail. The fantail or Piwakawaka is a small native forest bird with a small head and bill and a long tail which opens to a fan, giving the bird its name. It has a grey head, white eyebrow and white and black band under the chin on the upper chest.Its tail is black and white.The scientific name for fantail is Rhipidura fuliginosa. This well named bird has been able to adapt itself very satisfactorily to an environment that has changed over the centuries.t has a grey head, white eyebrow and white and black band under the chin on the upper chest. Its tail is black and white. The scientific name for fantail is Rhipidura fuliginosa. This well named bird has been able to adapt itself very satisfactorily to an environment that has changed over the centuries.
Karrawirra Pari (red gum forest river) is not a Kaurna name for the watercourse called the River Torrens by the colonists. It was an important resource area and a favourite camping place for the local Adelaide tribe, providing water, fish and other foods.he absurd and erroneous European neologism, contrary to authoritative primary sources, of a single aboriginal tribe, 'Kaurna', spanning the area from Crystal Brook to Cape Jervis was (according to Hemming) popularised by Tindale's 1974 publication The Aboriginal Tribes of Australia.