ABSTRACT

It is noteworthy that the usual treatment of perception in psychology does not include the area of problems in which p's attention and behavior are directed toward o as a perceiver. The following questions are pertinent in this respect: How do we perceive (know) that another person perceives something in the environment? What are our reactions to being an object of o's perceptions? How do we bring about or prevent his perceiving? When do we look forward to his perceptions and when are we afraid of them? When do we believe that o wants to see something or that he can or ought to see it? Certainly, the naive psychology of perception is not merely a figment of the imagination. In its way it provides an admirable analysis of perception for practical purposes.