The APA Thesaurus offers the following definition: Analysis, evaluation or prediction of disordered or abnormal behavior, symptoms, or other aspects of psychological functioning, includes assessing the appropriateness of a particular treatment and the degree or likelihood of clinical improvement.
Preconceived definition, to form a conception or opinion of beforehand, as before seeing evidence or as a result of previously held prejudice. See more. Dictionary.com
the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding. 2. an artist of rare perception. 3. the result or product of perceiving, as distinguished from the act of perceiving; percept.