STS Chapter 1 Exam Questions and
Correct Answers
Science - Answer-the study of the nature and behaviour of natural things and the knowledge that we
obtain about them.
Technology - Answer-came from a Greek word "teche"
teche - Answer-art, skill or cunning of hand
Society - Answer-the sum total of our interactions as humans, including the interactions that we engage
in to figure things out and to make things
Ludwik Fleck - Answer-monograph of Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact (1935)
Elting E. Morison - Answer-founded the STS program in the 1970's
Science, Technology, and Society - Answer-makes the assumption that science and technology are
essentially intertwined and that they are each profoundly social and profoundly political
Correct Answers
Science - Answer-the study of the nature and behaviour of natural things and the knowledge that we
obtain about them.
Technology - Answer-came from a Greek word "teche"
teche - Answer-art, skill or cunning of hand
Society - Answer-the sum total of our interactions as humans, including the interactions that we engage
in to figure things out and to make things
Ludwik Fleck - Answer-monograph of Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact (1935)
Elting E. Morison - Answer-founded the STS program in the 1970's
Science, Technology, and Society - Answer-makes the assumption that science and technology are
essentially intertwined and that they are each profoundly social and profoundly political