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.
Likewise, the name Baka is sometimes mistakenly applied to other area peoples who, like the Baka and Twa, have been historically called pygmies (a term that is considered to be quite disrespectful). Unlike most other Central African Peoples, the Baka maintain a unique language, also called Baka. Although nearly all of their neighborsâincluding the Akaâspeak Bantu languages, the Baka languages are of a different language family, Ubangian. In addition, many Baka speak Koozime, Bakoum, Bangandou, et al., the tongues of their respective Bantu neighbours, as second languages. A much smaller proportion speak French.