scientific report

Question 1

anatomy

Answer 1

structure of the body

Question 2

anthropology

Answer 2

relationship between the biological, cultural, geographical and historical aspects of humans

Question 3

archaeology

Answer 3

material evidence of the past such as tools, weapons and art, rather than art

Question 4

biochemistry

Answer 4

chemistry of all living things

Question 5

cytology

Answer 5

study of cells

Question 6

demography

Answer 6

statistic study of populations

Question 7

embryology

Answer 7

study of development from fertilisation to birth

Question 8

genetics

Answer 8

study of how characteristics are passed on from generation to generation

Question 9

molecular biology

Answer 9

study of the macromolecules of the cell

Question 10

nutrition

Answer 10

food requirements of the humans

Question 11

paelontology

Answer 11

study of fossils

Question 12

physiology

Answer 12

structure of functioning of all living things

Question 13

prehistory

Answer 13

study of the past, before the time of written records,

Question 14

primatology

Answer 14

study of the non-human primates - apes, mokeys, meurs, lorises and tarsiers

Question 15

psychology

Answer 15

study of human behaviour

Question 16

sociology

Answer 16

study of human society and its nature

Question 17

independant variable

Answer 17

is the factor being investigated - is deliberately changed

Question 18

dependant variable

Answer 18

the factor that changes due to changes in the independant variable

Question 19

controlled variables

Answer 19

factors which are kept constant for both the control and experimental groups in a experiment

Question 20

realiability

Answer 20

the extend to which the study yields the same results over repeated trials. Can be increased by incorporating a larger sample size, replication, repetition and duplication.

Question 21

vaildity

Answer 21

refers to the extent which a study accurately assesses what the researcher is attempting to measure. There are two types of validity, internal and external.

Internal validity refers to the rigour to which the experiment was conducted; this can be improved by incorporating controlled groups, random selection, placebo’s, blind and double blind trials.

External validity is the degree to which the results of the study are generalisables or transferable to other test samples. This can be improved by conducting more tests on similar animals which share a common factor.