BIOL 1001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Clergy Letter Project, Scientific Method, Macroevolution
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Incorrect ideas, animals become superstitious (push lever and delay before food delivered, develop strange behaviours during the lag that they repeat and associate w/food, self-association/conditioning) Limitations only natural phenomena, can"t deal w/belief/faith, no moral/aesthetic: method observe phenomenon, propose explanation, test through series of explanation. Accurate/valid (if explanation matches what"s observed, reproduction) or revised/alternative explanation proposed: pseudoscience trustworthy, methodical scientific studies (statement may be true, but relationship isn"t) = individuals make scientific-sounding claims not supported by: anecdotal evidence large enough sample size. = hypothesis for natural phenomena that is exceptionally well-supported by the data, broad explanations for a wide range of phenomena. Logical fallacies post hoc, ergo propter hoc (it happened after, so it was caused by ), confusion of correlation/causation. = changes in genetic characteristics over time, changes in gene frequency (how common an allele is in a pop), population over several generations + changes in gene frequency in pop, thought that it leads to macroevolution, eg. genealogy.
