What's the difference between misconstruction and misperception?

Misconstruction


Definition:

  • (n.) Erroneous construction; wrong interpretation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) To avoid such misconstructions, we advocate naming melanomas in all organs "melanoma" and those that are confined to epithelial structures "melanoma in situ."
  • (2) An essential cause is the misconstruction of cells of the endometrial stroma.
  • (3) The knowledge of these rare anomalies is important for the difficult diagnosis, an effective surgical therapy, and to avoide diagnostical misconstructions.
  • (4) Belonging to this are the loss regarding relation to reality and to the whole of reality, development of subcultures, role-establishment, double messages, exaggerated defence mechanisms towards views outside its own system, repeating and stereotype tendencies and finally segregation of affect and misconstruction of reality.
  • (5) Because the code is made out of statutory powers, “a misconstruction of the code is an error of law”, Niall told the court.

Misperception


Definition:

  • (n.) Erroneous perception.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Topics include (1) the definition and incidence of acquaintance rape and sexual assault; (2) perpetrator characteristics; (3) situations associated with sexual assault; and (4) men's misperception of women's sexual intent.
  • (2) This misperception is not based on solid fact and is not shared by radiation protection professionals, who have a broader vision of both past achievements and problems remaining in this area.
  • (3) 48.5% of respondents share the misperception that transmission from mother to fetus always happens, and 70% think that women who are HIV carriers should renounce pregnancy: willingness to support mandatory screening for pregnant women is significantly higher among individuals who share these two beliefs.
  • (4) These misperceptions were more common among youngsters who were smokers, who intended to smoke, or who had friends or family members who smoked.
  • (5) Respondents to the 1988 National Health Interview Survey of AIDS Knowledge and Attitudes, which is based on a nationally representative sample of 29,659 adults, were rated on their knowledge about modes of HIV transmission, general knowledge about AIDS, and misperceptions about HIV transmission through casual contact.
  • (6) They have an important role in counseling adolescents about effective HIV-prevention methods and dispelling misperceptions which hinder consistent condom use.
  • (7) Social and cultural values, which attach a deep symbolic meaning to AIDS, combine with misperceptions about transmission to create this stress response.
  • (8) Arthritis patients are prone to misperceptions, forgetfulness, and the use of unproven remedies.
  • (9) In patients with sleep-state misperception, the actigram was either quite accurate or it underestimated sleep when compared with the PSG.
  • (10) Recapping was related to inadequate knowledge, concerns about personal risk, forgetfulness, being "too busy" to follow the Universal Precautions Policy, and the misperception that recapping is a way to avoid needlestick injury.
  • (11) Type I trauma includes full, detailed memories, "omens," and misperceptions.
  • (12) In most instances, the naming errors referred to an object visually similar to the target object, suggesting that visual misperception is the major cause of the naming disorder.
  • (13) Sleep state misperception may be a prodromic or transitional state of sleep dysfunction between normal sleep and the sleep pattern of objective insomnia.
  • (14) DSM-III uses "primary insomnia" to indicate chronic insomnia not associated with other diagnosable mental or medical disorders, whereas the International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD) recognizes three subtypes: psychophysiological insomnia, idiopathic insomnia, and sleep state misperception.
  • (15) This behavior exemplifies the misperception of risk.
  • (16) Finally, the misperception of relative speed appears lessened when the stimuli to be matched are presented sequentially.
  • (17) Although fear was associated with misperceptions, it was not always dispelled by knowledge.
  • (18) In such displays there is systematic misperception of both the speeds and directions of motion of visual objects.
  • (19) Sleep continuity variables were disturbed in the objective insomnia group, but they were similar in the sleep state misperception and normal groups.
  • (20) By means of a computerized system of spike detection, presentation of visual stimuli, and registration of reaction times (RTs), we have shown previously that focal posterior interictal spikes cause transiently prolonged RT and increased nonperception and misperception of stimuli, especially contralateral to the spike.

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