BIOL 1201 : Biol 1201 Study Guide
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Evolutionary adaptation (heritable response to environment) response to environment. System: all these parts that come together and produce more than you would expect components that are more manageable to study. Concept of emergent properties: properties that result from the arrangement. Reduction: can"t see big picture; reducing complex system to simpler. Often uses inductive logic or reasoning drawing and interaction of parts. An emergent property is more than just the sum of the parts of a system. Discovery science (descriptive or comparative biology): inductive logic or reasoning inductive means making prediction based solely on experience without knowing any prior info contrast: in deduction you already have info so prediction based on what you see and know. Often produces qualitative data, but also quantitative data. Hypotheses are formed based on observations and then tested with controlled experiments: observation, hypothesis, experimentation, data analysis, conclusion, new hypothesis/replication if then logic. Uses deduction reasoning: from general premises to a specific conclusion.
