Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Post 2

1.I chose Jean-Baptiste Lamarck because not only did Charles Darwin and him have similar theories, Darwin also respected Lamarck a great deal and also looked at him to be a great zoologist.

2. Lamarck published many book series that had to do with invertebrate zoology and paleontology.  From all of the books he wrote, Philosphie Zollogique, was the one that stated Lamarcks theories of evolution the best.

 http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/lamarck.html

3.   The bullet point that I believe Lamarck’s theory of evolution is closely related to would be, “Individulas Do Not Evolve. Populations Do.” In the year 1801 Lamarck stated that, “ Time and favorable conditions are the two principals.” For me this means that individuals inherit the traits from people and generations before. I feel that this idea would solidify Darwin’s theories due to the fact that traits that are passed on over time will always change no matter what.

4. I believe that Darwin could still have come up with his theory of natural selection without any help or influences from other people theories or beliefs.

5.  The attitude of the churches I believe did not affect Darwin in any form. He believed in the natural selection and was going to publish his findings with or without the churches approval. The church did not approve of Darwin’s beliefs because it went against their beliefs. 

The Scientific Method

1. The student could possibly be one of those students who has to put no effort into the class to receive a good grade. The student can be one of those type of students who understand the material of the class and receive a good grade but shows up to class so the attendance does not effect their record.

2. I would test this hypothesis by sitting next to the student who likes to sleep and act like I am having difficulty with the assignment. I would then proceed to wake the student up to he/she for help. If the student is able to help me with the assignment then my theory would be supported that he/she is the type of student who can pass a class without any effort. If my theory did not work then my hypothesis would be falsified. 

3.  An example of an unfalsifiable and untestable explanation would be that the student was taking some type of prescribed medication that made him/her drowsy and that is why the student always falls asleep in class. This is untestable and would make this explanation unfalsifiable because I would not be able to tell if this was the case or not unless I just outright asked the student personal information.

Kelleylynn