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Percept-Genesis and the Study of Defensive Processes

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The Concept of Defense Mechanisms in Contemporary Psychology

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“Percept-genesis” is a term introduced by Kragh and Smith (e.g., 1970) and refers to the microdevelopment of percepts. The percept-genetic theory of perception is microgenetic. A general definition of microgenesis given by Hanlon and Brown (1989) reads: “Microgenesis refers to the structural development of a cognition (idea, percept, act) through qualitatively different stages. The temporal period of this development extends from the inception of the cognition to its final representation in consciousness or actualization (expression) in behavior.”

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  1. Department of Personality Psychology, University of Leiden, 2300 RB, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Uwe Hentschel Ph.D.

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Lund, S-22350, Lund, Sweden

    Gudmund J. W. Smith Ph.D.

  3. Center for Psychotherapy Research, D-70597, Stuttgart 70, Germany

    Wolfram Ehlers M.D.

  4. Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, 16802, University Park, PA, USA

    Juris G. Draguns Ph.D.

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Westerlundh, B. (1993). Percept-Genesis and the Study of Defensive Processes. In: Hentschel, U., Smith, G.J.W., Ehlers, W., Draguns, J.G. (eds) The Concept of Defense Mechanisms in Contemporary Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8303-1_4

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