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AP world history mulvehill Timeline Flashcards

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6088338418Ancient8000-6000
60883384191. AncientNeolithic revolution leads to first cities1
60883384202. AncientEarlier civilizations develop in river valleys2
60883384213. AncientHinduism3
6088338422Classical600-6004
60883384231. ClassicalDevelopment of empires in Asia and Mediterranean5
60883384242. ClassicalEurasia connected by long distance trade networks6
60883384253. ClassicalBuddhism and Christianity7
6088338426Postclassical600-14508
60883384271. PostclassicalRestoration of political order across Eurasia9
60883384282. PostclassicalExpansion of trade networks mingling Eurasia and Africa10
60883384293. PostclassicalIslam11
6088338430Early modern1450-175012
60883384311. Early modernAtlantic world links Americans with Afro Eurasia13
60883384322. Early modernEuropean states creat maritime empires14
60883384333. Early modernEast Asian societies promote cultural continuity15

AP World History: Chapter 15 Flashcards

The Earth and It's Peoples

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8077794879Zheng He1371-1435; an Imperial eunuch and Muslim, and entrusted by the Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean, from Southeast Asia to Europe.0
8077794880ArawakAmerindian peoples who inhabited the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean at the time of Columbus.1
8077794881Henry the Navigator1394-1460; Portuguese prince to promoted the study of navigation and directed voyages of exploration down the western coast of Africa in the fifteenth century.2
8077794882CaravelA small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish and exploration of the Atlantic.3
8077794883Gold CoastRegion of the Atlantic coast of West Africa occupied by modern Ghana; named for its gold exports to Europe from the 1470s onward.4
8077794884Bartolomeu Dias1450-1500; Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean.5
8077794885Vasco da Gama1460-1524; Portuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route.6
8077794886Christopher Columbus1451-1506; Genoese mariner who,in the service of Spain, led expeditions across the Atlantic, establishing contact between the peoples of the Americas in the Old World opening the way to Spanish conquest and colonization.7
8077794887Ferdinand Magellan1480-1521; Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world.8
8077794888ConquistadorsEarly-sixteenth-century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America, and Peru.9
8077794889Hernan Cortes1485-1547; Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain.10
8077794890Moctezuma II1466-1520; last Aztec emperor, overthrown by the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes.11
8077794891Atahualpa1502-1533; last ruling Inca emperor of Peru. He was executed by the Spanish.12
8077794892Francisco Pizzaro1478-1541; Spanish explorer who led the conquest of the Inca Empire of Peru in 1531-1533.13

AP WORLD HISTORY UNIT 4 Flashcards

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9952411782Zheng HeVoyaged on the Indian Ocean 1405-14330
9952418664Emperor YongleThe Yongle Emperor — personal name Zhu Di — was the third emperor of the Ming dynasty in China, reigning from 1402 to 1424. Zhu Di was the fourth son of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder of the Ming dynasty1
9952427402RenaissanceA time of ideas and spread of technology. There was a lot of competition between city-states.2
9952342601Colombian Exchangewidespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas between the Americas and the Old World3
9952436806Vasco de GamaA Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. - sailed from Lisbon in 1497 on a mission to reach India and open a sea route from Europe to the East. De Gama received a hero's welcome back in Portugal, and was sent on a second expedition to India in 15024
9952465645Turksa member of any of the ancient central Asian peoples who spoke Turkic languages, including the Seljuks and Ottomans. Comes from Ottoman5
9952473464Sonni Ali- He reigned from about 1464 to 1492. Sunni Ali was the first king of the Songhai Empire, located in Africa and the 15th ruler of the Sonni dynasty. - expanded a small kingdom along the Niger River into one of medieval Africa's greatest empires.6
9952477007Mughals- a member of the Muslim dynasty of Mongol - origin founded by the successors of Tamerlane, which ruled much of India from the 16th to the 19th century. - The Mughal Empire or Mogul Empire was an empire in the Indian subcontinent, founded in 1526. It was established and ruled by a Muslim dynasty with Turco-Mongol Chagatai roots from Central Asia. They were a gunpowder empre united much of India7
9952480325MalaccaState in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula: formerly a part of the British Straits Settlements and of the Federation of Malaya. 640 sq. mi. (1658 sq. km). A seaport in and the capital of this state. A strait between Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula.8
9952486945Triple AllianceTriple Alliance, secret agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed in May 1882 and renewed periodically until World War I.9
9952490504PochtecaProfessional, long-distance traveling merchants in the Aztec Empire. They were a small, but important class as they not only facilitated commerce, but also communicated vital information across the empire and beyond its borders.10
9952494492MitaA system in which the crown allowed elite colonists to recruit the native people into forced labor ( the Repartimiento in the Incan Empire)11
9952342603EncomiendaEncommienda was a labor system in Spain and its empire. It rewarded conquerors with the labor of particular groups of subject people. It was first established in Spain during the Roman period, but used also following the Christian conquest of Muslim territories12
9952342604Repartimientocolonial forced labor system imposed upon the indigenous population of Spanish America and the Philippines. In concept it was similar to other tribute-labor systems, such as the mita of the Inca Empire13
9952342606peninsularesSpaniard's born in Spain14
9952342605HaciendaThis system once dictated the use and ownership of ranches, plantations, other commercial estates throughout the Spanish Colonial world. The Spanish crown gave land to the conquistadors for their work colonizing.15
9952342607CreolesSpaniard's born in Americans16
9952342608Mestizos and MestizasIndian and Spaniard17
9952342609castassystem of race classification in Hispanic America, race based hierarchy18
9952342602Mercantilismnational economic policy designed to maximize the trade of a nation and, historically, to maximize the accumulation of gold and silver.19
9952342610Catherine the Greatempress of Russia from 1762 to 1796 the country's longest-ruling female leader expanded the empire and open to Enlightenment ideals, supported Western ideals Roughly two-thirds of Poland were annexed to the Russian border in pieces in 1772, 1793 and 1795.20
9952342611Peter the Greatruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May 168221
9952342612Treaty of Nerchinskpeace settlement between Russia and the Manchu Chinese empire that checked Russia's eastward expansion by removing its outposts from the Amur River basin.22
9952342613Akbarthird Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 160523
9952342614Aurangzebsixth Mughal emperor. His reign lasted for 49 years from 1658 until his death in 170724
9952342615devshirmesultan would collect Christian boys from the Balkans and turn them into his slaves.25
9952342616Trading Post Empireestablishment where the trading of goods took place;26
9952342617Cartaznaval trade license or pass issued by the Portuguese in the Indian ocean during the sixteenth century27
9952342618British East India Company EICan English and later British formed to pursue trade in the West Indies28
9952342619Dutch and India Company (VOC)founded in 1621 mainly to carry on economic warfare against Spain and Portugal by striking at their colonies in the West Indies and South America and on the west coast of Africa.29
9952342620Tokugawa Shogunatewas the last feudal Japanese military government, which existed between 1600 and 1868. The head of government was the shogun, and each was a member of the Tokugawa clan30
9952342621Manilathe capital of the Philippines, In the late 16th century Manila was a walled Muslim settlement whose ruler levied customs duties on all commerce passing up the Pasig River.31
9952342622Potosia mountain and working silver mine south of the city32
9952342623Middle Passagethe sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies.33
9952342624African disaporarefers to the communities throughout the world that have resulted by descent from the movement in historic times of peoples from Africa34
9952342625Origin of the Word "slave"comes from slavic35
9952342626Cowie shellsChinese currency36
9952342627Queen Nzinga17th-century queen of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms of the Mbundu people in Angola, she fought off the Portuguese from invading Angola and was a cross-dresser37
9952342628Suleiman DialloMuslim who was a victim of the Atlantic slave trade.38
9952342629Martin LutherGerman, and wrote the Ninety Five Theses and nailed it on to the door of the Wittenberg Castle church.39
9952342630Huguenotsis a group of French Protestants who follow the Reformed tradition40
9952342631Peace of Westphaliawas a series of peace treaties effectively ending the European wars of religion41
9952342632Council of Trentan ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation. They meet on the Catholic side and the rules and practices they are going to have in their church restoration of what they belive argument is settled.42
9952342633Society of Jesusscholarly religious congregation of the Catholic Church which originated in sixteenth-century Spain.43
9952342634Taki Onqoy movementwas a millenarian indigenous movement of political, religious and cultural dimensions which arose in the Peruvian Andes during the 16th century44
9952342635Virigin of Guadalupea Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mar45
9952342636Matteo Riccian Italian Jesuit priest and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China missions.46
9952342637Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhaba religious leader and theologian from Najd in central Arabia who founded the movement now called Wahhabism47
9952342638Muhhammad Ibn Saudhe founder of the First Saudi State and the Saud dynasty,48
9952342639Kaozhenga school and approach to study and research in China from about 1600 to 1850.49
9952342640Bhakti movementtheistic devotional trend that emerged in medieval Hinduism50
9952736005Scientific RevolutionThe Scientific Revolution was a series of events that marked the emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology (including human anatomy) and chemistry transformed the views of society about nature.51
9952736006Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, NewtonCopernicus-heliocentric solar system and laws of planetary motion Kepler- laws of planetary motion Galileo- telescope discoveries Newton- Laws of Motion52
9952737884EnlightenmentEuropean intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers53
9952742480"Dutch Learning in Japan"concerted effort by Japanese scholars during the late Tokugawa period (late 18th-19th century) to learn the Dutch language so as to be able to learn Western scientific learning and study their technology54

AP World History Period 2 Review: (600 BCE- 600 CE) Flashcards

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6485470102ConfucianismChinese belief system from 500s BCE that emphasized family loyalty, respecting elders, education, obedience, and ancestors.0
6485470104LegalismIn China, a political philosophy that emphasized the unruliness of human nature and justified state coercion and control. The Qin ruling class invoked it to validate the authoritarian nature of their regime.1
6485470105Qin Shihuangdi(r.221-210 BCE) The first emperor of the Qin Dynasty who believed strongly in Legalism and sought to strengthen the centralized China through public works.2
6485470107Mandate of HeavenThe Chinese belief that the emperor claimed to be the "son of heaven" and therefore has the right to rule.3
6485470108Athenian DemocracyAnthenians built limited democracy. Had city states. Citizens were adult male residents who enjoyed certain rights and responsibilities. Cleisthenes made further reforms; worked to make Athens a full democracy by balancing power between rich and poor, created council of 5004
6485470110PatriciansThe wealthy, hereditary aristocrats during the Roman era.5
6485470111PlebeiansThe common people during the Roman era.6
6485470112Julius CaesarDuring a civil war the Roman Senate allowed him to become a dictator but he refused to give it up and the senate eventually killed him. But his name came to mean "emperor".7
6485470113AshokaLeader of the Mauryan dynasty of India who conquered most of India but eventually gave up violence and converted to Buddhism.8
6485470114Silk RoadsA system of ancient caravan routes across Central Asia, along which traders carried silk and other trade goods.9
6485470115BuddhismBelief system that started in India in the 500s BC. Happiness can be achieved through removal of one's desires. Believers seek enlightenment and the overcoming of suffering.10
6485470118Hellenistic EraOf or influenced by the Greek Empire. A type of culture typically referred to after the conquests of Alexander the Great.11
6485470119Persian EmpireGreatest empire in the world up to 500 BCE. Spoke an Indo-European language. A multi-ethnic and multi-religious empire. Fell to Alexander the Great.12
6485470120Pax RomanaA time in history when the Roman Empire was at peace and promoted safe trade.13
6485470121Caesar AugustusHe established his rule after the death of Julius Caesar and he is considered the first Roman Emperor.14
6485470124Edict of MilanThe Edict of Milan (Edictum Mediolanense) was a letter signed by emperors Constantine I and Licinius that proclaimed religious toleration in the Roman Empire. The letter was issued in AD 313, shortly after the conclusion of the Diocletianic Persecution.15
6485470125PolisGreek word for "city-state"16
6485470127Peloponnesian Wars(431-404 BCE) The war between Athens and Sparta that in which Sparta won, but left Greece as a whole weak and ready to fall to its neighbors to the north.17
6485470129Alexander the GreatHe and his father defeated and united the weakened Greek city-states and he defeated the Persian Empire in 330 BCE thus spreading Greek culture and influence throughout Western Asia. Between 334 and 323 B.C.E. he conquered the Persian Empire, reached the Indus Valley, founded many Greek-style cities, and spread Greek culture across the Middle East.King of Macedonia who conquered Greece, Egypt, and Persia18
6485470131Caste SystemThe system in old India that separated the people into social categories, but based mostly on color with the Aryans always on the top of the social pyramid.19

AP World History Chapter 30 Flashcards

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6188090301The industrial revolution began inGreat Britain0
6188090302Crucial to industrialization wasthe replacement of human and animal power with inanimate sources of energy such as steam1
6188090303The growing demand for cotton cloth in the 18th century threatened Britishwool producers2
6188090304The British Calico Acts of 1720 and 1721prohibited the importation of cotton cloth3
6188090305The inventor of the flying shuttle wasJohn Kay4
6188090306The invention of the flying shuttlesped the weaving process and increased the demand for yarn5
6188090307Which of the following is not a correct pairing of inventor and invention?Josiah Wedgwood and "mule"6
6188090308Edmund Cartwright was responsible for the invention of thepower loom7
6188090309James Watt invented a more efficient steam pump whenhe figured out how to make a piston turn a wheel for rotary motion8
6188090310Cheaper iron was produced after 1709 when British smelters began to use what substance as a fuel?coke9
6188090311Henry Bessemer's innovations made it possible to produce cheapersteel10
6188090312The first steam-powered locomotive was George Stephenson'sRocket11
6188090313James Watt's steam engine did not adapt well to transportation uses becauseit consumed too much coal12
6188090314The dominant form of industrial organization in Europe, the U.S., and Japan by the end of the 19th century wasthe factory system13
6188090315The Ludditeswere crafts workers who destroyed textile machines14
6188090317Interchangeable parts were invented byEli Whitney15
6188090318In America the petroleum monopoly, Standard Oil Company was owned byJohn D. Rockefeller16
6188090319Beginning in the 19th century, industrializing lands experienced a social change known as the demographic transition whenthe fertility rate began a marked decline17
6188090324Marx and Engels proposed that capitalism divided people into two classes. The classes werethe capitalists and the proletariat18
6188090325One of authors of the Manifesto of the Communist Party wasMarx19
6188090326Marx suggested that music, art, and literatureserved the purposes of the capitalists because they diverted the workers from their misery20
6188090328Marx and communists believed that private propertyshould be abolished21
6188090329Marx believed that the final result of the socialist revolution would be the"dictatorship of the proletariat"22
6188090330According to Marx, all of human history had been a history ofclass struggle23
6188142023In the late nineteenth century, Germany led European countries in the movement toprovide medical insurance and unemployment compensation for workers.24
6188090332Throughout most of the 19th century, employers and governmentsviewed trade unions as illegal associations designed to restrain trade25
6188090333Over the long haul, trade unionsreduced the likelihood of a revolution be improving the lives of working people26
6188153736Charles Fourier wasa social critic who is often referred to as a utopian socialist.27
6188158901By 1900, which was the largest city in the world?London28
6188162869The use of which of the following increased dramatically in the nineteenth century?steel29
6188168151Which of the following was a key feature in the rapid industrialization of Great Britain? a. high agricultural productivity b. population density c. navigable rivers and canals d. sophisticated banking and financial institutionsall are correct30
6188177392Horizontal Organization isthe consolidation or cooperation of independent companies in the same business.31

AP World History Chapt. 17 Vocabulary Flashcards

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5794838419World economyEstablished by Europeans by the 16th century; based on control of sea, including the Atlantic and Pacific; created international exchange of foods,diseases,and manufactured products.0
5820608866SilverThe global currency of the Early Modern period. The greatest discovery of silver was in Potosi, Bolivia.1
5794883994Cape of Good HopeSouthern tip of Africa; first circumnavigated in 1488 by Portuguese in search of direct route to India.2
5820621498MitaThe Inca system of drafting workers for short stints.3
5794900844Christopher Columbusgenoese captain in service of king and queen of Castile and Aragon ; successfully sailed to New World and returned in 1492; initiated European discoveries in Americas.4
5794910852Ferdinand MagellanSpanish captain who in 1519 initiated first circumnavigation of the globe; died during the voyage; allowed Spain to claim Philippines.5
5794966171Dutch East India CompanyJoint stock that obtained government monopoly over trade in Asia; acted as virtually independent government in regions it claimed.6
5794968433British East India CompanyJoint stock that obtained government monopoly over trade in Asia; acted as virtually independent government in regions it claimed.7
5796367338LepantoNaval battle between the Spanish and the Ottoman empire resulting in a Spanish victory.8
5796440968Core nationsNations, usually European, that enjoyed profit from world economy; controlled international banking and commercial services such as shipping; exported manufactured goods for raw materials.9
5796447187MercantilismEconomic theory that stressed governments' promotion of limitations of imports from other nations and internal economies in order to improve tax revenues; popular during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe.10
5796451695MestizosPeople of mixed European and Indian ancestry in Mesoamerica and South America; particularly prevalent in areas colonized by Spain; often part of forced labor system.11
5796530248Vasco de BalboaFirst Spanish captain to begin settlement on the mainland of Mesoamerica in 1509; initial settlement eventually led to conquest of Aztec and Inca empires by other captains.12
5796538375Francisco PizarroLed conquest of Inca Empire of Peru beginning in 1535; by 1540, most of Inca possessions fell to the Spanish.13
5796683519New FranceFrench colonies in North America; extended from St. Lawrence River along Great Lakes and down Mississippi River valley system.14
5796713524Seven Years WarFought both in continental Europe and also in overseas colonies between 1756 and 1763; resulted in Prussian seizures of land from Austria, English seizures of colonies in India and North America.15
5796744391Treaty of ParisArranged in 1763 following Seven Years War; granted New France to England in exchange for return of French sugar islands in Caribbean.16
5807045758Cape ColonyDutch colony established at Cape of Good Hope in 1652 initially to provide a coastal station for the Dutch seaborne empire; by 1770 settlements had expanded sufficiently to come into conflict with Bantu.17
5807060481BoersDutch settlers in Cape Colony, in southern Africa.18
5807065087CalcuttaHeadquarters of British East India Company in Bengal in Indian subcontinent; located on Ganges; captured in 1756 during early part of Seven Years War; later became administrative center for all of Bengal.19
5821611691Joint-Stock Trading CompaniesCompanies that were given government monopolies of trade in the region designated, but they were not supervised by their own states.(The Netherlands, France, and Britain)20
5821656926Indentured ServitudeWorkers brought from Europe under tight contract that controlled their labor for many years- had some success, but failed to recruit sufficient labor.21
5822871295Vasco da GamaPortuguese captain who sailed for India in 1497; established early Portuguese dominance in Indian Ocean.22

AP Psychology - Sensation and Perception Flashcards

All terms from Myers Psychology for AP (BFW Worth, 2011)

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6644738503sensationthe process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment.0
6644738504perceptionthe process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events.1
6644738505bottom-up processinganalysis that begins with the sensory receptors and works up to the brain's integration of sensory information.2
6644738506top-down processinginformation processing guided by higher-level mental processes, as when we construct perceptions drawing on our experience and expectations.3
6644738507selective attentionthe focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus.4
6644738508inattentional blindnessfailing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere.5
6644738509change blindnessfailing to notice changes in the environment.6
6644738510absolute thresholdthe minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50 percent of the time.7
6644738511signal detection theorya theory predicting how and when we detect the presence of a faint stimulus (signal) amid background stimulation (noise). Assumes there is no single absolute threshold and that detection depends partly on a person's experience, expectations, motivation, and alertness.8
6644738512difference thresholdthe minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50 percent of the time. Also called the just noticeable difference (jnd).9
6644738513Weber's lawthe principle that, to be perceived as different, two stimuli must differ by a constant percentage (rather than a constant amount).10
6644738514sensory adaptationdiminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation.11
6644738515transductionconversion of one form of energy into another. In sensation, the transforming of stimulus energies, such as sights, sounds, and smells, into neural impulses our brains can interpret.12
6644738516pupilthe adjustable opening in the center of the eye through which light enters.13
6644738517irisa ring of muscle tissue that forms the colored portion of the eye around the pupil and controls the size of the pupil opening.14
6644738518lensthe transparent structure behind the pupil that changes shape to help focus images on the retina.15
6644738519retinathe light-sensitive inner surface of the eye, containing the receptor rods and cones plus layers of neurons that begin the processing of visual information.16
6644738520rodsretinal receptors that detect black, white, and gray; necessary for peripheral and twilight vision, when cones don't respond.17
6644738521conesretinal receptor cells that are concentrated near the center of the retina and that function in daylight or in well-lit conditions. These detect fine detail and give rise to color sensations.18
6644738522optic nervethe nerve that carries neural impulses from the eye to the brain.19
6644738523blind spotthe point at which the optic nerve leaves the eye and no receptor cells are located there.20
6644738524foveathe central focal point in the retina, around which the eye's cones cluster.21
6644738525feature detectorsnerve cells in the brain that respond to specific features of the stimulus, such as shape, angle, or movement.22
6644738526parallel processingthe processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously; the brain's natural mode of information processing for many functions, including vision. Contrasts with the step-by-step (serial) processing of most computers and of conscious problem solving.23
6644738527Young-Helmholtz trichromatic (three-color) theorythe theory that the retina contains three different color receptors—one most sensitive to red, one to green, one to blue—which, when stimulated in combination, can produce the perception of any color.24
6644738528opponent-process theorythe theory that opposing retinal processes (red-green, yellow-blue, white-black) enable color vision. For example, some cells are stimulated by green and inhibited by red; others are stimulated by red and inhibited by green.25
6644738529frequencythe number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time (for example, per second).26
6644738530pitcha tone's experienced highness or lowness; depends on frequency.27
6644738531middle earthe chamber between the eardrum and cochlea containing three tiny bones (hammer, anvil, and stirrup) that concentrate the vibrations of the eardrum on the cochlea's oval window.28
6644738532cochleaa coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear through which sound waves trigger nerve impulses29
6644738533inner earthe innermost part of the ear, containing the cochlea, semicircular canals, and vestibular sacs.30
6644738534place theoryin hearing, the theory that links the pitch we hear with the place where the cochlea's membrane is stimulated.31
6644738535frequency theoryin hearing, the theory that the rate of nerve impulses traveling up the auditory nerve matches the frequency of a tone, thus enabling us to sense its pitch.32
6644738536kinesthesisthe system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts.33
6644738537vestibular sensethe sense of body movement and position, including the sense of balance.34
6644738538gate-control theorythe theory that the spinal cord contains a neurological "gate" that blocks pain signals or allows them to pass on to the brain. The "gate" is opened by the activity of pain signals traveling up small nerve fibers and is closed by activity in larger fibers or by information coming from the brain.35
6644738539sensory interactionthe principle that one sense may influence another, as when the smell of food influences its taste.36
6644738540Gestaltan organized whole. These type of psychologists emphasized our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes37
6644738541figure-groundthe organization of the visual field into objects (the figures) that stand out from their surroundings (the ground).38
6644738542groupingthe perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups.39
6644738543depth perceptionthe ability to see objects in three dimensions although the images that strike the retina are two-dimensional; allows us to judge distance.40
6644738544visual cliffa laboratory device for testing depth perception in infants and young animals.41
6644738545binocular cuesdepth cues, such as retinal disparity, that depend on the use of two eyes.42
6644738546retinal disparitya binocular cue for perceiving depth by comparing images from the retinas in the two eyes, the brain computes distance—the greater the disparity (difference) between the two images, the closer the object.43
6644738547monocular cuesdepth cues, such as interposition and linear perspective, available to either eye alone.44
6644738548phi phenomenonan illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off in quick succession.45
6644738549perceptual constancyperceiving objects as unchanging (having consistent shapes, size, lightness, and color) even as illumination and retinal images change.46
6644738550color constancyperceiving familiar objects as having consistent color, even if changing illumination alters the wavelengths reflected by the object.47
6644738551perceptual adaptationin vision, the ability to adjust to an artificially displaced or even inverted visual field.48
6644738552perceptual seta mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another.49
6644738553extrasensory perception (ESP)the controversial claim that perception can occur apart from sensory input; includes telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition.50
6644738554parapsychologythe study of paranormal phenomena, including ESP and psychokinesis.51

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