mindmap root((认知)) recognition implies that the thing now perceived has been previously perceived and that the mind is aware of the fact that the two things are the same thing or identical: encouraged by the patient's ~ of his mother. identification adds to recognition the implication of such prior knowledge as permits one to recognize the thing as an individual member of a class: bird calls aid in the ~ of species. assimilation implies that the mind responds to new ideas, facts, and experiences by interpreting them in the light of what is already known, thereby making them an integral part of one's body of knowledge: proceeded rapidly with the ~ of new material. apperception implies that the mind responds to new facts, ideas, or situations when and only when it can relate them to what is already known: limited by my ~ of the reality.