Unit 1 Flashcards
How theories change
existing theory, essential tension, scientific revolution, paradigm shift
What does natural history include?
evolution, genetics, physiology, ecology, and behavior.
Taxonomy
kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
Humans
animalia, vertebra, mammalia, primates, hominidae, homo, H. sapiens
cellular level
smallest unit of life, reproduces
Paleolithic Period
Belief system like shamanism, animism, and totemism were common during this time. Began with the onset of stone tools (2.5 million years ago to 12,000)
Galen of Pergamon
Greek scholar and physician who lived in Asia Minor in Pergamon (Bergama in the Republic of Turkey). He did many comparative dissections to describe the function of the animal body and extend the knowledge to medicine.
scholasticism
a school of philosophy that built upon classic works of the Greeks and Romans but with the objective to explain life in theological terms.
Scientific Revolution
(1543-1687 AD) was a period of rapid reawakening to the role of science in explaining the natural world in Europe.
Pathological science
Pathological science is science that is either poorly or fraudulently conducted. Most often, this occurs when scientists lose their objectivity and design faulty experiments but there are rare instances of fraud.
Pseudoscience
“false science” where beliefs are presented as scientific theories and may be incorrectly held as competing with actual scientific theories.
Science denialism
the rejection of well-established facts and concepts of science without strong evidence to refute the science
Classical Antiquity
early Greek and Roman civilizations to the west contributed to the development of scientific thinking. This is the classical period from about 700 BC to about 600 AD
Golden Age of Islam
(622-1258 AD) Many Islamic scholars advanced science and mathematics during this period.
shivering thermogenesis
(shivering muscle contractions) to raise body temperature to normal
