Bio 400 midterm #1 Questions With Complete Solutions

Biology: correct answer: Is the study of living things "Biology" coined by *Lamarck* in 1802, but did not catch on until late 19th century Before the mid-nineteenth century, two disciplines studied living things: correct answer: 1. Medicine 2. Natural history Pre-19th century "biology": correct answer: Not much experimental, mostly observational Could not get a hold of cadavers (often illegal), so had to study organisms that were similar to humans Physicians had to know natural history to know zoology (ape) and to know about plants/botanist (for drugs) History: correct answer: Attempts to understand the human past It is the broadest and most integrative of all intellectual disciplines History is an attempt to explain things/explain the meaning of the pursuit in society in which it's located 6 subdivisions of history: correct answer: 1. Political 2. Economic 3. Social (ex. social class) 4. Regional (ex. provinces) 5. Intellectual (ex. science; study of ideas, how ideas change, etc) 6. Particular pursuit (ex. art, hockey, etc) 7. History 8. Everyday things (*PEERSHIP*) Why is the history of everyday things important? correct answer: Ex. what people would eat... important for the history of diet/medicine History of science is included in the _____ history correct answer: Intellectual Intellectual history can be understood on the basis of 2 kinds of factors: correct answer: 1. Interpret how things change in terms of *internal* factors (factors within the discipline itself) ex. history of bio: what people of that time knew, and what they wanted to know 2. *External factors* (ex. economy; industrialization/optimism) The disciplines of biology and history are both ____ in nature