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Question 1

Primary literature or empirical paper

Answer 1

– presents original research, published for first time
– clues: methods, results, stats original
– words such as I/we measured, observed, collected, etc.

Question 2

Review paper or secondary literature

Answer 2

– summarises past, already published research
– with main focus on collating a body of research

Question 3

Review + theoretical paper/opinion piece

Answer 3

summarises a body of research
– with main focus of presenting a typically new view, theory, or model
– papers presenting models of mathematical phenomena

Question 3

Pest management

Answer 3

o Behaviour management
o Focus on behaviours that maximise fitness
o e.g., marking pheromones
o Sterile insect technique (SIT)
o Benign chemical repellents

Question 4

HIREC - Human-Induced Rapid Environmental Change

Answer 4

Rapid change to environments – too fast to adapt to
o Impacts on behaviour?
o Climate change
o Urbanisation
o Agriculture

Question 5

How long ago did modern humans, Homo sapiens, arise in evolutionary history?

Answer 5

200,000 years ago

Question 6

René Descartes

Answer 6

o Modern philosophy – founder
o Part of scientific revolution
o Reductionism
o Developed Cartesian co-ordinate system (x,y)
o Uses algebra to describe geometry
o Significant contributions to maths (x,y,z – unknowns;
a,b,c known values)
o Reflex

Question 7

Luigi Galvani

Answer 7

Discovered ‘bioelectricity’ – frog experiments
o Founder: electrophysiology (modern day term)
o Electrical basis for nervous transmission
o Muscle activation through electrical charge