Social Sciences Trivia

1. Adult students tend to have certain similarities. For example, they are usually independent. What is NOT typically true of adult learners?

From Quiz How Adults Learn

Answer: They are confident about being in school

According to Malcolm Knowles, andragogy theorist, adult students tend to be "self-directed", though they appreciate assistance from instructors. They typically have rich life experiences and have worked in the public or private sector for a number of years. Due to their hands-on experiences, they have a lot to offer in an educational setting. Also, they usually return to college to meet personal goals. While they may enjoy learning for its own merit, few have the luxury to pay for classes just because the subject is interesting. While many of them have been successful in their professional lives, and are highly intelligent, most adult learners are not confident when they first return to school. They may feel that they are too old or too out of touch with current educational practices--especially in the area of technology. (Stephen Lieb, 1991).

From Quiz International Relations Theory

Answer: Classical Realism

Realism came to dominance in the post World War II period as a response to the failure of classical liberalism and idealism to predict or prevent World War II. The term 'Machtpolitik' (German for 'power politics') is more or less a synonym of realism. Hans Morgenthau is considered the father of classical realism. A common term in international relations is the 'black box,' which is one way of referring to the state as a unitary actor. That is, its internal characteristics are irrelevant when analyzing its international behavior. This is one of the core ideas of realism, whether classical or one of the more modern variants.

From Quiz Approaches to Organizational Behaviour

Answer: Frederick Taylor

Abraham Maslow and Carl Jung are both psychologists (Maslow contributed some valuable theories to a later stage of management studies), and Henry Mintzberg is a Canadian scholar of organization design. Frederick Taylor wrote the book "Principles of Scientific Management", and is considered the key player in the development of scientific management.

From Quiz Classic International Relations

Answer: George Kennan

Kennan wrote the famous article signed X. He looked at the history of Russia and applied it to the tenets of Lenin. Kennan advocated "patient but firm and vigilant containment."

From Quiz A Paper on Motivation

Answer: 5

The five needs a man has (1) Physiological (2) Safety & Security (3) Social (4) Esteem and (5) Self-Actualisation. These needs are arranged on the basis of priority i.e. an individual would need to meet his Physiological needs before he went to his Security need etc. ("A Theory of Human Motivation", Psychological Review Vol 50, No 4, July 1943.)

From Quiz Assailing the Dream: U.S. Social Critics

Answer: P. J. O'Rourke

Gleaned by O'Rourke from NYRB: "Colette was a self-obsessed ratchet-jaw"... "Berlioz's music either stinks or it doesn't."... "Communism is bad when Russians have anything to do with it." Gleaned from TV: "Meat comes from dead animals"... "Small-town folks are behind the times"... "It's fun to trick others." O'Rourke concludes by hypothesizing in part that "Intelligence is, in this case, slightly preferable to stupidity, because it is, well, more intelligent."

From Quiz Social Science Questions

Answer: Psychology

Sociology is the study of human groups or societies and the way the individuals relate to and are influenced by these groups. Anthropology studies the physical and cultural origins of humankind. Paleontology is considered an Earth science rather than a social science.

From Quiz Lots of 'Isms'

Answer: Logical Positivism

Founded by M. Schlick, this little group of philosophers proposed that only those statements that could be proved through logic and/or mathematics were of meaning, which ruled out such things as religion and ethics. Needless to say, their movement died out after a couple of decades...people need illogic in their lives!

From Quiz Art of Work

Answer: Movement

Called "equine therapy", grooming or riding horses helps disabled or troubled human beings, as it has since ancient Greece. Those with physical challenges gain strength, balance and confidence as they practice rehabilitation movements, called hippotherapy. Movement therapy is based in humanities research which shows that specific kinds of movement heal not only the body, but the mind and spirit as well.

From Quiz Social Theorists of the 19th and 20th Centuries

Answer: Friedrich Nietzsche

The contemporary of, and often influenced by, such thinkers as Wagner and Freud, Nietzsche (1844-1900) did much to introduce moral relativism and psychological uncertainty to modern philosophical thought.

From Quiz How Adults Learn

Answer: When they are allowed to discuss their life experiences

Adult learners prefer to participate in class, as opposed to listening to lectures. They want to share the vast store of knowledge they have accumulated over the years. Once they realize that their experiences and knowledge are useful and meaningful, they gain confidence in their own abilities.

From Quiz Approaches to Organizational Behaviour

Answer: Adam Smith

Adam Smith had some valuable insights for scientific management enthusiasts in "The Wealth of Nations". In this book, Smith lays the foundations for job specialization, a key factor in efficient scientific management, which focuses on maximizing worker productivity. Smith uses the example of pin-making. He explains that instead of each worker in a pin factory performing each assembly task himself (e.g. cutting the wire for the pin, shaping it, etc.), productivity can be increased if the tasks are divided up, with one worker cutting all the wire for all the pins, and the next worker shaping all the pins. This was the foundation for the modern assembly line, and it dramatically improved productivity in most organizations when put into practice by scientific managers.

From Quiz Genealogy 101

Answer: A pedigree chart

This chart is called a pedigree chart. A pedigree chart typically shows five generations of a person's family tree. An individual, his/her parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and great-great grandparents are all named in the chart with spaces for the birth, marriage and death dates of each individual.

From Quiz Classic International Relations

Answer: Hugo Grotius

Grotius, focusing on natural law, believed there was a law of war as well as a law of peace.

From Quiz A Paper on Motivation

Answer: Self-Actualisation

This need is on top of Maslow's hierarchy - it is basically the need to 'do as best as I can". One of the major problems with Maslow's theory (with respect to Human Resource manager in a firm) was that it didn't provide a solution for compensation - as in one didn't know the weightage an individual gave to accomplishment of his needs etc. ("A Theory of Human Motivation", Psychological Review (Vol 50, No 4, July 1943)

From Quiz Assailing the Dream: U.S. Social Critics

Answer: C. V. Whitney

Whitney had apparently written a little volume about himself called "Live a Year with a Millionaire", redolent of mental midgetry. "Not to put too fine a point on it," Fussell writes, "the banality, stupidity, complacency and witlessness of this author can remind a reader only of characters in Ring Lardner or in such satires by Sinclair Lewis as "The Man Who Knew Coolidge."

From Quiz Social Science Questions

Answer: Socialization

Cognition is the act of thinking and acquiring knowledge. Haptics is the study of human touch and proxemics is the study of space between people when they communicate.

From Quiz The Joys of Criminal Science

Answer: Atavists

From Quiz Lots of 'Isms'

Answer: Monasticism

St. Anthony was the earliest of the Christian hermits. He lived alone in a hut for 15 years, and then in the desert for another 20. Great example for future monks and hermits!

From Quiz Art of Work

Answer: Play guitar

Professional music therapists play soft guitar to premature babies. Correctly done, guitar music was shown via research to promote deeper sleep, improve breathing, mask jarring sounds in the hospital such as beeps and alarms, improve neurological development and add needed weight. Read "Music Therapy with Premature Infants" by Dr. Jayne M. Standley for some fascinating details.

From Quiz Social Theorists of the 19th and 20th Centuries

Answer: Sir James Frazer

Frazer (1854-1941), the quintessential armchair anthropologist, argued for a transition in religious thought from magic to organized religion and finally to science, all of which attempt to answer the same basic questions about the universe and man's role in it.

From Quiz Approaches to Organizational Behaviour

Answer: To group and structure organizations favorably

Max Weber developed a bureaucratic structure during this time that he believed would work for all types of organizations. Modern students of organizational behaviour understand that there is never one "best" way of doing things that will work in every single organization all over the world!

From Quiz Classic International Relations

Answer: Niccolo Machiavelli

Machiavelli wrote "The Prince" which emphasizes force, warfare and that results are infinitely more important than methods.

From Quiz Organizational Behavior

Answer: Myers-Briggs type indicator

Cognitive dissonance is a theory about how individuals deal with internal conflict in a job. The GLOBE framework is an organization that assesses cultures, and the Rokeach value survey classifies individual's values.

From Quiz A Paper on Motivation

Answer: Frederick Herzberg

Both these factors were on a continuum, with one end being totally satisfied (with respect to the conditions on that factor) and the other end being totally dissatisfied. Herzberg places more importance on 'Hygiene' motivating factors. ("The Motivation to Work", John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1959)

From Quiz Social Science Questions

Answer: Androgynous

I-self and Me-self is George Mead's theory that I-self is the true, subjective self that shows only in intimate relationships and Me-self is the side of personality that shows during social gatherings and is guided by the expectations of the society.

From Quiz Lots of 'Isms'

Answer: Mesmerism & Mesmer

Mesmer was an early practicioner of another 'ism' as well...that being charlatanism!

From Quiz Art of Work

Answer: PTSD

Sergeant Leo Dunson served honorably (2003 to 2008), earning commendations in the wars of the Middle East, but he also developed post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD). He was jailed, divorced and attempted suicide. Rejecting talk therapy and medicines, he turned to the art of music. "What's Wrong With Me?" was among his first highly successful rap songs: "Nothings ever going to be the same again everything different I'm quick to snap on someone I'm quick to start trippen..." Dunson has produced a number of popular recordings. While his PTSD did not resolve, he was successful in his art, and work. GERD is essentially heartburn.

From Quiz Social Theorists of the 19th and 20th Centuries

Answer: Carl Jung

Swiss psychologist Carl Jung (1875-1961) called these recurring motifs "archetypes", accessible by "dream analysis", the research of which Jung was a pioneer.

From Quiz How Adults Learn

Answer: "Hands on" learning

Adult students, with their financial and familial obligations, may not always come to class wide-eyed and bushy-tailed. Adults typically take evening classes, after having already worked a full day and/or making arrangements for their children. Therefore, constant reading, direct instruction, and/or lecture may cause many adults to lose focus and "zone out". Adults need hands-on, reality-based experiences to make learning meaningful. Stephen Brookfield notes, "...almost every textbook on adult education practice affirms the importance of experiential methods such as games, simulations, case studies, psychodrama, role play and internships". (International Encyclopedia of Education, 2008).

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