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Rise of Modern Disciplines and Interdisciplinarity MCQ

1. Informed borrowing is selecting one path to understanding while ________ others.

Excluding

Ignoring

Cancelling

Bracketing

Answer

Correct Answer: Bracketing

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2. Perspective in an interdisciplinary sense refers to a discipline’s unique view of that part of reality that it is typically most interested in.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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3. The humanities produce many of the artistic artifacts that are studied by scientists.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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4. The two most influential developments in the social sciences since the end of World War II are area studies and quantitative research methodology.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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5. Investigations of real-world problems of interest to the natural sciences have become less interdisciplinary in recent years.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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6. An interdisciplinary study has a specific substantive focus that is so broad or complex that it exceeds the scope of a single perspective.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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7. The underlying premise of interdisciplinary studies is that ______.

The disciplines are an obstacle to the progress of knowledge

The disciplines are themselves the necessary foundation of the interdisciplinary enterprise

The disciplines should be replaced by multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary approaches

The disciplines are an outdated model that are not appropriate for complex problems

Answer

Correct Answer: The disciplines are themselves the necessary foundation of the interdisciplinary enterprise

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8. The purpose of interdisciplinary studies is to ______.

Add art to natural sciences

Replace the disciplines

Focus less on the university and more on the real world

Develop your capacity to integrate and apply knowledge

Answer

Correct Answer: Develop your capacity to integrate and apply knowledge

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9. The rise of interdisciplinarity began in the United States with ______.

The reform of general education after the Vietnam War

The reform of general education after World War I

The reform of women’s education

The reform of college admission standards

Answer

Correct Answer: The reform of general education after World War I

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10. One of the reasons universities started to organize themselves around the disciplines was ______.

To effectively compete for resources

To attract more students

To make scheduling easier

To consolidate classroom space

Answer

Correct Answer: To effectively compete for resources

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11. The term “discipline” was introduced by the ______.

Greeks

Persians

Romans

British

Answer

Correct Answer: Romans

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12. Perspective in an interdisciplinary sense refers to a discipline’s unique view of that part of reality that it is typically most interested in.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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13. Creative breakthroughs often occur when __________ are brought together.

Different disciplinary practices

Related ideas

Unrelated ideas

A & C

Answer

Correct Answer: A & C

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14. The circumstances or setting in which the problem, event, statement, or idea exists is known as

Insight

Context

Discipline

Disciplinarity

Answer

Correct Answer: Context

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