Question 1

_________________has been regarded as the study of early (primitive) cultures

Accepted Answer

A)  Anthropology
B)  History
C)  Sociology
D)  Political Science A

Question 2

Experimental psychology was founded by _______________

Accepted Answer

A)  Sigmund Freud
B)  Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt
C)  Thorndike
D)  Pavlov B

Question 3

The word 'hybridisation'' may seem to be imported from ___________

Accepted Answer

A)  Sociology
B)  Psychology
C)  Biology
D)  Iconology C

Question 4

Who among the following developed an approach in sociology called functionalism

Accepted Answer

A)  Nadel
B)  Levi - Strauss
C)  Durkheim
D)  Pareto

Question 5

________________ combines physical and human geography

Accepted Answer

A)  Ecological geography
B)  Environmental geography
C)  Historical geography
D)  Cultural geography

Question 6

The history of the social sciences begins in the roots of ancient ___________

Accepted Answer

A)  Philosophy
B)  Epics
C)  Epigraphy
D)  Literature

Question 7

Social Science History Association was formed in ______________

Accepted Answer

A)  1796
B)  1956
C)  1976
D)  1967

Question 8

Among the following _____________ is not a branch of Medical Sociology.

Accepted Answer

A)  Neurosociology
B)  Bio sociology
C)  Palaeontology
D)  Primatolgy

Question 9

Among the following who wrote the book 'First principles'?

Accepted Answer

A)  Herbert Spencer
B)  K.Davis
C)  Malinowski
D)  Kroeber

Question 10

____________________ is regarded as the 'father of history'.

Accepted Answer

A)  Plato
B)  Aristotle
C)  Auguste Comte
D)  Herodotus

Question 11

Social science was heavily influenced by _______________

Accepted Answer

A)  Theism
B)  Methodism
C)  Positivism
D)  Pietism

Question 12

The word _____________is from the Greek for "human being" or "person.

Accepted Answer

A)  Socious
B)  Anthropos
C)  logos
D)  oikos

Question 13

_______________asserted that man is a political animal in his Politics

Accepted Answer

A)  Herodotus
B)  Aristotle
C)  Plato
D)  Descartes

Question 14

Global positioning systems (GPS) is now widely used in _______________

Accepted Answer

A)  Economics
B)  Sociology
C)  Geography
D)  Anthropology

Question 15

The Age of ______________saw a revolution within natural philosophy

Accepted Answer

A)  Revolutions
B)  Renaissance
C)  Enlightenment
D)  Victoria

Question 16

Public Administration is a prominent branch of _____________________

Accepted Answer

A)  Sociology
B)  Political Science
C)  Economics
D)  Anthropology

Question 17

Which of the following is not correctly matched?

Accepted Answer

A)  Herodotus - Political Science
B)  Auguste Comte - Sociology
C)  Adam Smith- Economics
D)  Sigmund Freud - Psychology

Question 18

The term 'Verstehen Sociology' is associated with ______________

Accepted Answer

A)  Durkheim
B)  Weber
C)  Comte
D)  Simmel

Question 19

_______________is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences.

Accepted Answer

A)  Human Sciences
B)  Social Sciences
C)  Earth Sciences
D)  Natural Sciences

Question 20

Identify the right sequence of the following thinkers who contributed to functionalism in the chronological order

Accepted Answer

A)  Parsons, Merton, Durkheim, Spencer
B)  Merton, Durkheim, Spencer, Parson
C)  Parsons, Spencer, Durkheim, Merton
D)  Spencer, Durkheim, Parsons, Merton

Exam 3: Social Science and the Interdisciplinary Study of Society