STS 1 Flashcards
S A BROAD FIELD OF STUDY FOCUSED ON DISCOVERING
HOW NATURE WORKS AND USING THAT KNOWLEDGE
TO DESCRIBE WHAT IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN IN NATURE
➢IT IS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT EVENTS IN THE
PHYSICAL WORLD FOLLOW ORDERLY CAUSE-AND-EFFECT
PATTERNS THAT CAN BE UNDERSTOOD THROUGH CAREFUL
OBSERVATION, MEASUREMENTS, AND EXPERIMENTATION
Science
The Scientific method
OQHECR
THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD
THROUGH SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATION AND EXPERIMENTS.
SCIENCE
THROUGH ______, WE DEVELOP NEW TECHNOLOGIES
SCIENCE
IS THE APPLICATION OF SCIENTIFICALLY GAINED
KNOWLEDGE FOR PRACTICAL PURPOSES
TECHNOLOGY
SCIENTIST USE ____ IN THEIR EXPERIMENTS
TECHNOLOGY
SUM TOTAL OF OUR INTERACTIONS AS HUMANS, INCLUDING THE
INTERACTIONS THAT WE ENGAGE IN TO FIGURE THINGS OUT AND TO MAKE
THINGS
SOCIETY
A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN PERSISTENT SOCIAL INTERACTION, OR
A LARGE SOCIAL GROUP SHARING THE SAME GEOGRAPHICAL OR SOCIAL
TERRITORY, TYPICALLY SUBJECT TO THE SAME POLITICAL AUTHORITY AND
DOMINANT CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS
SOCIETY
SCIENCE INFLUENCES SOCIETY THROUGH ITS
KNOWLEDGE AND WORLD
VIEW
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND THE PROCEDURES USED BY SCIENTISTS
INFLUENCE THE WAY MANY INDIVIDUALS IN SOCIETY THINK ABOUT
THEMSELVES, OTHERS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
BY MAKING LIFE EASIER, SCIENCE HAS GIVEN US THE CHANCE TO PURSUE SOCIETAL CONCERNS
ETHICS, AESTHETICS, EDUCATION, AND
JUSTICE; TO CREATE CULTURES; AND TO IMPROVE HUMAN CONDITIONS
THE EFFECT OF SCIENCE ON SOCIETY IS NEITHER
ENTIRELY BENEFICIAL NOR
ENTIRELY DETRIMENTAL
THE IMPACT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON SOCIETY IS
EVIDENT
SOCIETY ALSO INFLUENCES
SCIENCE
IS THE USE OR APPLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE FOR A SPECIFIC GOAL OR PURPOSE
TECHNOLOGY
