General Concepts and Historical Development Flashcards
What are the four common characteristics that categorize something as science?
Focuses on the natural world, goes through experiments, relies on evidence, and passes through the scientific community
It studies animals, plant, rocks, man, all kind of matter. Its main concern is the physical world.
Science. Focuses on the natural world
True or False. Science is not concerned with supernatural world.
True
To see something work and its component of studies
Focuses on the natural world
T or F. all scientific data are reliable before it could get scientific acceptance
True. It must be supported by a number of evidences
Science subjects undergoes experimentation
Goes through experiments
T or F. anything that cannot be subjected to experimentation and could not give any observable data cannot be regarded as science
True
It would look for evidence that will support the truthfulness of something to be regarded as sceicne
Relies on evidenc
Evideneces has to go through different group who would qualify the idea.
Passes through the scientific community
T or F. Technology is commonly defined as a means to an end a human activity
True
According to him, technology is:
- means to fulfill a human purpose
- assemblage of practices and components
-collections of devices and engineering practices available to culture
W. Brian Arthur
T or F. Science and Technology is almost impossible to be seperated from one another.
True
T or F. Science and technology will not exist without society.
True
