Hans Eysench

Examples of Hans Eysench in the following topics:

• Basic Principles of Classical Conditioning: Pavlov

  • Pavlov's research also contributed to Hans Eysench's personality theory of introversion and extroversion.
  • Eysench built upon Pavlov's research on dogs, hypothesizing that the differences in arousal that the dogs displayed was due to inborn genetic differences.
  • Eysench then extended the research to human personality traits.

• Burial Goods of the Han Dynasty

  • The period has been divided into the Western Han (206 BCE – 9 CE) and the Eastern Han (25–220 CE) periods.
  • One of the most well-known styles of art during the Han Dynasty was burial art, which evolved between the Western and Eastern Han periods.
  • The Han Dynasty was known for jade burial suits, or ceremonial suits made of pieces of jade in which royal members in Han Dynasty were buried.
  • A Jade burial suit is a ceremonial suit made of pieces of jade in which royal members in Han Dynasty were buried.
  • Describe the materials with which individuals were buried during the Han Dyansty

• The Rise of the Han Dynasty

  • The first period, called the Western Han, lasted until 9 CE.
  • The Han and Chu states emerged as the most powerful, but the Han state was the victor of the Chu-Han Contention, a four-year civil war.
  • In many ways, the Han carried on policies begun in the Qin.
  • Nonetheless, the Han faced many challenges.
  • Compare the Han Dynasty with the earlier Qin Dynasty, and explain the Western Han period.

• The Eastern Han Period

  • The Eastern Han period was a time of reunification and prosperity and also saw the perfection of paper and porcelain.
  • A new Han emperor, Emperor Guangwu, took control and ruled from Luoyang, in eastern China—thus began the Eastern Han period, which lasted from 25 - 220 CE.
  • He defeated the Chimei rebels as well as rival warlords to reunify China again under the Han Dynasty.
  • This ended the Han Dynasty, and started a period of conflict between these three states, called Cao Wei, Eastern Wu and Shu Han.
  • A ceramic candle holder with prancing animal figures from the Eastern Han Dynasty.

• Architecture of the Han Dynasty

  • Sections of the Han-era rammed earth Great Wall still exist in Gansu province, along with the Han frontier ruins of thirty beacon towers and two fortified castles with crenellations.
  • Valuable clues about Han architecture can be found in Han artwork of ceramic models, paintings, and carved or stamped bricks discovered in tombs and other sites.
  • There are Han-era literary references to tall towers found in the capital cities.
  • There are only a handful of existing ceramic models of multi-story towers from the pre-Han and Western Han eras.
  • Other ceramic models from the Han burial sites reveal a variety of building types.

• Philosophy and Art of the Han Dynasty

  • It was founded by the rebel leader Liu Bang, known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu of Han.
  • This interregnum separates the Han into two periods: the Western Han (206 BCE – 9 CE) and the Eastern Han (25–220 CE).
  • Spanning over four centuries, the period of the Han Dynasty is considered a golden age in Chinese history.
  • To this day, China's majority ethnic group refers to itself as the "Han people," and Chinese characters are referred to as "Han characters".
  • However, the Han court under Emperor Wu gave Confucianism exclusive patronage.

• The Fall of the Han and the Three Kingdoms Period

  • The Han Dynasty government weakened over time and ultimately collapsed, and the empire fractured into the war-torn Three Kingdoms period.
  • Xian would be the last emperor of the Han Dynasty.
  • Dong Zhuo was eventually assassinated and was succeeded by another warlord, Cao Cao, who wanted to reunite the Han Empire by defeating the rebellious warlords.
  • When the Han Dynasty collapsed in 220 CE, no one was powerful enough to reunify China under a single emperor.
  • The Three Kingdoms in 262 CE after the fall of the Han dynasty.

• The Silk Road

  • The Silk Road was established by China's Han Dynasty, and led to cultural integration across a vast area of Asia.
  • Through southern and western conquests, the Han Dynasty of China (206 BCE - 220 CE) made contact with the Indian cultural sphere.
  • By this century the Chinese had become very active in the silk trade, though until the Hans provided sufficient protection, the Silk Road had not functioned well because of nomad pirates.
  • Expansion by the Han took place around 114 BCE, led mainly by imperial envoy Zhang Qian.
  • This woven silk textile was found at Tomb No. 1 at Mawangdui, Changsha, Hunan province, from the Western Han era.

• German Painting in the Northern Renaissance

  • Dürer's pupils Hans Burgkmair and Hans Baldung Grien worked largely in prints, with Baldung developing the topical subject matter of witches in a number of enigmatic prints.
  • Hans Holbein the Elder and his brother Sigismund Holbein painted richly colored religious works.
  • His son, Hans Holbein the Younger, was an important painter of portraits and a few religious works, working mainly in England and Switzerland.
  • Hans von Aachen and the Netherlandish Bartholomeus Spranger were the leading painters at the Imperial courts in Vienna and Prague, and the productive Netherlandish Sadeler family of engravers spread out across Germany, among other counties.

• Origins of the Song Dynasty

  • This included the conquests of Nanping, Wu-Yue, Southern Han, Later Shu, and Southern Tang in the south as well as the Northern Han and the Sixteen Prefectures in the north.
  • Using a mass of arrow fire from crossbowmen, Song forces were able to defeat the renowned war elephant corps of the Southern Han on January 23, 971, thus forcing the submission of Southern Han and terminating the first and last elephant corps that would make up a regular division within a Chinese army.
  • Song military forces then turned north against the Northern Han, which fell to Song forces in 979.