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Module 24-25 AP Psych Unit 3

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Frequency   The number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in each time  
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Pitch   A tone’s experienced highness or lowness  
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Decibels   How we measure sound amplitude  
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Middle ear   The chamber between the eardrum and cochlea containing three tiny bones that concentrate the vibrations of the eardrum on the cochlea’s oval window  
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Cochlea   A coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear; sound waves travel through the cochlear fluid trigger nerve impulses  
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Inner ear   The innermost part of the ear, containing the cochlea, semicircular canals, and vestibular sacs  
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Auditory nerve   Carries the neural messages to your thalamus  
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Auditory cortex   The auditory nerves send messages to it after the thalamus  
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Sensorineural hearing loss   Hearing loss caused by damage to the cochlea’s receptor cells or to the auditory nerves  
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Cila   Tiny bundles on the tip only the width of an atom  
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Conduction hearing loss   A less common form of hearing loss, caused by damage to the mechanical system that conducts sound waves to the cochlea  
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Cochlear implant   A device for converting sounds into electrical signals and stimulating the auditory nerve though electrodes threaded into the cochlea  
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Place theory   In hearing, the theory that links the pitch we hear with the place where the cochlea’s membrane is stimulated  
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Frequency theory   In 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  
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Touch   Our tactical sense, vital and right from the start aids our development  
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Pain   One of the four vital skin senses  
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Gate-control theory of pain   The theory that the spinal cord contains a neurological “gate” that blocks pain signals or allows them to pass on to the brain  
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Taste's   Sweet, sour, bitter, salty, umami (chicken)  
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Smell   When you inhale and exhale to sustain air  
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Olfaction   The sense of small  
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Kinesthesia   Our movement sense, our system for sensing the position and movement of individual body arts  
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Vestibular sense   Our sense of body movement and position that enables our sense of balance  
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Sensory interaction   The principle that one sense may influence another, as when the smell of food influences taste  
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Embodied cognition   The influence of bodily sensations gestures and other states on cognitive and judgments  
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