Human+Sciences+&+History

Human & Natural Sciences Questions

What is historiography? What is the 1st element on the periodic table? Why do we study history? In what ways might social, political, cultural and religious factors affect the types of natural science research that are financed and undertaken or rejected (e.g. cloning)? Was Fidel Castro a totalitarian dictator? What is supply and demand? What caused WW1? Who started the cold war? If cloning were a success, would clones have equal human rights? Can we as humans learn from our mistakes based on past events studied in history? Does life exist beyond our planet?

DEFINE: Example of a person writing in each field. What do they do?
 * 1) **Archaeology - Flavio Bionda, Italian Renaissance historian, and known as one of the 1st archaeologists **
 * 2) **History - William H. Prescott, American historian on Spain, known for his books //The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic// and //The History of the Conquest of Mexico//.  **
 * 3) **Psychology - Kurt Zadek Lewin was a German-American psychologists, and was a pioneer of social, organizational and applied psychology **
 * 4) **Philosophy - Plato was a classical Greek philosopher and the founder of the academy in Athens **
 * 5) **Religion-**
 * 6) **Sociology- Heinz Dieterich, German-mexican sociologists known for his leftist ideals. Published over 30 books on conflicts in Latin America **
 * 7) **Anthropology -** Claude Levi-Strauss, french anthropologist(and ethnologist), known as the "father of modern anthropology". He argued that the "savage mind" had the same structures as the "civilized" mind and that human characteristics are the same everywhere
 * 8) **Political sciences -** Thomas Ferguson, american political scientist, & author who writes books on politics and economics (with historical perspective)
 * 9) **Economics - Alfred Marshall, an English economist, and one of the most infuencial economists of his time. Founder of neoclassical econom **


 * ACTIVITY REFLECTION:**

Why was i asked to do this? what is the point behind it? There has to be a reason, it would be pointless otherwise
 * Individuals**

John is going to do something different he wont do the same as us(flip the tables around), he is less able John has a disability Faris was telling John what to do- felt he shouldn't do this based on the assumption that John should do his own thing
 * Individuals watched by group**

nothing much went through my mind, but other people were being more creative then they may have done if they went in on their own
 * Groups**

1) Based on our class observation, it is possible to study human behaviour to a certain extent. We notices that people may act differently if they are not alone 2) During the "experiment", we were recorded with the laptop without us knowing. I believe this would have been very good method for observation as you will be able to see how people acted accurately, and exactly.


 * CLASS RESPONSES TO THE STUDY OF HISTORY**


 * **What do We Study** || **Problems** ||
 * The past- to benefit the future || Its only written by the rich ||
 * Different interpretations- views of other historians || It’s open to interpretation ||
 * To study/analyse/discuss the problems of history and solving them || Conflicting views ||
 * || Controlled by government ||
 * || Accuracy ||
 * || Assumptions about why events happened ||
 * || Reliability ||
 * || Only written by the victors ||
 * || Confusion in dates ||
 * || Very limited amount of primary sources ||
 * || Beliefs ||
 * || Conflicts in accuracy of information ||
 * || Knowledge gained solely from what someone else wrote down ||