Deck 4: The Interdisciplinary Studies Cognitive Toolkit

Question 1

The painting "Two Men and a Donkey" illustrates the importance of this key interdisciplinary concept:

A) Metacognition.
B) Systems thinking.
C) Perspective taking.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The capacity to analyze, critique, and assess is called

A) Taking perspective.
B) Forming an opinion.
C) Critical thinking.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Interdisciplinary studies fosters this intellectual capacity which is at the heart of the interdisciplinary process and involves critically evaluating
Disciplinary insights and locating their sources of conflict, creating
Common ground among them and constructing a more comprehensive
Understanding of the problem. This capacity is

A) Empathy.
B) Integration.
C) Self-reflection.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The intellectual capacity to view a problem or subject or artifact from alternative viewpoints, including disciplinary ones, in order to develop a more comprehensive understanding of it is called

A) Perspective taking.
B) Critical analysis.
C) Personal opinion.

Question 5

Self-conscious, careful thinking about your behavior and beliefs, why you made certain choices at various points, and how these choices have
Affected the outcome is called

A) Perspective taking.
B) Critical examination.
C) Self-reflection.

Question 6

Maya Lin embraced this interdisciplinary value which did not permit her to use the memorial as a vehicle for publicizing her personal view of the
Vietnam War:

A) Ethical consciousness.
B) Critical thinking.
C) Integration.

Question 7

Reflecting on "The Fable of the Elephant House," the absence of this Interdisciplinary intellectual capacity doomed the project to failure:

A) Perspective Taking
B) Civic engagement.
C) Metacognition.

Question 8

Favoring one discipline's understanding of the problem at the expense of competing understandings of the same problem offered by other
Disciplines is called

A) Disciplinary bias.
B) Personal opinion.
C) Perspective taking.

Question 9

The story of your academic or intellectual journey told from your point of view is called

A) Metacognition.
B) An intellectual autobiography.
C) Personal bias.

Question 10

What is the interdisciplinary studies cognitive toolkit?

A) The intellectual capacities, values, traits, and skills that interdisciplinary studies fosters
B) Strong sense critical thinking
C) Perspective taking and humility

Question 11

The awareness of your own learning and thinking processes, often described as "thinking about your thinking" is called

A) Metacognition.
B) Personal bias.
C) Thinking outside the box.

Question 12

If you were asked to evaluate the plan to erect a parking lot on land that, if it were sold, would mean that you would lose financially as a result, your bringing of this fact to light demonstrates which of the following

A) Humility, Strong Sense Critical Thinking, and Tolerance of Ambiguity
B) Personal Bias, Appreciation for Diversity, Metacognition
C) Ethical Consciousness

Question 13

The increasing turnover in the job market is a reality that you, as an interdisciplinary student, can turn to your advantage by

A) Emphasizing your disciplinary training.
B) Recognizing that an interdisciplinary education by definition does not silo you into one career path.
C) Avoiding those jobs and careers that are characterized by high turnover.

Question 14

A teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience,
Teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities is called

A) Service learning.
B) Strong Sense Critical Thinking
C) Metacognition.

Question 15

A collection of your work, which is gathered in a form that can be shared with an audience is called

A) A portfolio.
B) A literature review.
C) Community Engagement

Question 16

Allowing your own point of view (e.g., your politics, faith tradition, cultural identity) to influence how you understand or approach the
Problem is called

A) Disciplinary bias.
B) Critical thinking.
C) Personal bias.

Question 17

In the context of interdisciplinary studies, this intellectual capacity is a positive attitude that recognizes the limits of one's training and expertise
And seeks to overcome these limits by drawing on expertise from multiple
Disciplines.

A) Tolerance of ambiguity.
B) Humility.
C) Civic engagement.

Question 18

"I do not choose to overlay personal commentary on historical facts. I am interested in presenting factual information, allowing viewers the chance
To come to their own conclusions," Maya Lin writes of her approach to
Designing the Vietnam Memorial. Her approach models the intellectual
Capacity of

A) Service Learning
B) Ethical Consciousness
C) Empathy

Question 19

The primary and overall objective of Chapter 4 is to

A) Critically analyze Maya Lin's Vietnam Memorial.
B) Introduce you to the "cognitive toolkit" of interdisciplinary studies.
C) Explain the benefits of civic engagement.

Question 20

The great value of interdisciplinary studies is that it challenges us to confront difference but to do so in a way that respects different
Viewpoints. This value, needed especially in collaborative learning and
Research contexts, is

A) Metacognition.
B) Appreciation of diversity.
C) Critical analysis.