Studying for Biology

by Lawson, Anton E.; Smith, Brenda Deutsch

• ISBN13: 9780065006506
• ISBN10: 006500650X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-06
• Publisher: Benjamin Cummings

Table of Contents

Improving Your Study Skills	1	(32)
Becoming an Active and Reflective Learner	2	(1)
Managing Your Time	3	(1)
Taking and Using Lecture Notes	4	(3)
Using the Textbook	7	(5)
Preparing for and Taking Exams	12	(9)
Memorizing Information	21	(2)
Writing A Scientific Paper	23	(2)
Tips on Revising Your Paper	25	(8)
The Science of Biology	33	(20)
What Is Science?	34	(1)
The Nature of Scientific Thinking: The Early Riser	34	(4)
Trying Your Mind at Deductive Reasoning	38	(4)
The Nature of Hypotheses	42	(1)
The Nature of Theories	43	(10)
Descriptive and Hypothetical Thinking Patterns	53	(26)
How Good are You at Scientific Thinking?	54	(6)
Descriptive and Hypothetical Thinking Patterns	60	(3)
Homing in Silver Salmon	63	(7)
Creative and Critical Thinking Skills	70	(9)
Improving Your Scientific Thinking Skills: Part I	79	(26)
The Case of Clever Hans	80	(1)
Probabilistic Thinking	81	(7)
Correlational Thinking	88	(17)
Improving Your Scientific Thinking Skills: Part II	105	(30)
Chance and Causal Relationships	106	(9)
Controlling Variables	115	(8)
Proportional Relationships	123	(12)
Theories About the Nature of Life	135	(16)
Do Living Things Contain a ``Vital'' Force?	136	(3)
A Modern Theory of Life	139	(2)
A Theory of Biological Organization and Emergent Properties	141	(10)
Organism Level Theories	151	(20)
A Theory of Organism Classification	152	(5)
Theories of Organism Behavior	157	(1)
Mendel's Theory of the Inheritance of Characteristics	158	(13)
Organ and System Level Theories	171	(12)
Harvey's Theory of Blood Circulation	172	(1)
A Theory of Heart Rate Regulation	173	(3)
A Theory of Water Rise in Plants	176	(7)
Cell Level Theories	183	(26)
Cell Theory	184	(3)
A Theory of Cell Replication	187	(4)
Theories of Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis	191	(6)
Testing Hypotheses About Embryological Development	197	(2)
A Modern Theory of Early Embryological Development	199	(10)
General Molecular Level Theories	209	(26)
Kinetic-Molecular Theory	210	(6)
General Metabolic Theory	216	(6)
A Theory of Molecular Movement	222	(13)
Specific Molecular Level Theories	235	(36)
A Theory of Cellular Fermentation and Respiration	236	(8)
A Theory of Photosynthesis	244	(7)
Watson and Crick's Theory of DNA Structure and Replication	251	(5)
A Theory of Gene Function (Protein Synthesis)	256	(15)
Ecological Level Theories	271	(34)
A Theory of Population Growth and Crash	272	(4)
Theories of Population Regulation	276	(5)
A Theory of Ecosystem Dynamics	281	(5)
A Theory of Succession	286	(19)
Theories of Organic Change	305	(22)
A Theory of the Origin of Life on Earth	306	(3)
Organic Evolution Theory	309	(4)
Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection and a Synthetic Theory of Evolution	313	(14)
Glossary	327	(18)
Appendix: Answers to Questions and Sample Exam Questions	345	(41)
Index	386