: Connecting new information to a "learning net" or schema already stored in the mind.
: It refers to the act of an "actual occasion" (a moment of experience) reaching out and incorporating aspects of the past or other entities into itself. Physical vs. Mental :
: Grasping "eternal objects" (pure potentials or ideas). prehend
: Grasping other actual entities in the world.
: Contrast "prehending" (active, formative) with passive "seeing." : Connecting new information to a "learning net"
: Explain "prehend" as a "feeling" or "incorporation" of the environment.
: Using strategies like CBD (Context, Breadth, Depth) to grasp the core argument of a text. 4. Content Outline for a Presentation If you are teaching this term, consider this structure: Mental : : Grasping "eternal objects" (pure potentials
In the work of Alfred North Whitehead, specifically in Process and Reality , "prehend" is the verb for .