IDSC 3001 EXAM 4 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
You book lists 6 "Drivers" for the increased importance of interdisciplinary work. Which
of the following are included in that list? (There may be more than one correct answer.
Please check all that apply.)
a. Changing nature of research
b. Need for students to have more flexible degree options at universities
c. Increasing complexity of nature, society, and individuals
d. Need for more highly specialized workers with advanced knowledge of one field
A&C
The Auburn University core has ________ credit hours.
a. 41 or 42
b. 120
c. 45
d. 30
41 or 42
The total number of credit hours in the entire degree (core, major, supporting, and
electives) is _____ hours.
a. 120
b. 41 or 42
c. 30
d. 45
120
T/F The IDSC areas of emphases may come from either 2 or 3 disciplinary areas, and there
much be representation from at least 2 different schools or colleges.
True
,T/F Much of scientific interdisciplinary is motivated by practical problem solving and is
thus often instrumental interdisciplinarity.
True
___________ thinking is the ability to knit together information from different sources to
produce a more comprehensive understanding.
a. integrative
b. systems
c. concrete
d. artistic
integrative
A "silo perspective" is
a. the tendancy of interdisciplinarians to disregard insights from disciplines
b. a way of looking at a problem through a broad lens while relying on context and using
systems thinking
c. the tendency for a person in a discipline to see the world and its problems through a
narrow lens
d. a method of collect data used in economics
C. the tendency for a person in a discipline to see the world and its problems through a narrow
lens
The difference between multidisciplilnary work and interdisciplinary work is that
A. interdisciplinary work doesn't require multiple disciplinlary perspectives
B. multidisciplinary work does not focus on complex problems
c. multidisciplinary work does not attempt to integrate the different disciplinary
perspective, while interdisciplinary work does integrate these perspectives
D. There is no difference between these
, C. Multidisciplinary work does not attempt to integrate the different disciplinary perspective,
while interdisciplinary work does integrate these perspectives.
T/F One of the interdisciplinary critiques of the disciplines is that specialization fails to
address complex problems comprehensively.
True
Interdisciplinary studies sees complex problems in context by
A. Drawing on all relevant sources of knowledge to more fully understand the problem
B. Picking and choosing the disciplines that agree with the views of the interdisciplinarians
doing the work
C. Ignoring certain groups of stakeholders in favor of others.
D. Interdisciplinarians don't worry about putting complex problems in context
A. Drawing on relevant sources of knowledge to more fully understand the problem
A person who is an INTJ is
A. Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, Judging
B. Introverted, Sensing, Thoughtless, Judging
C. Involved, Noteworthy, Thinking, Judgemental
D. None of these is correct
A. Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, Judging
__________ applies an idea in an effective way.
a. creative intelligence
b. analytical intelligence
c. practical intelligence
d. artificial intelligence
practical intelligence
A ________ is a person or entity outside the academy who is interested in and may have a
material stake in the outcome of a particular issue.
a. practitioner
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
You book lists 6 "Drivers" for the increased importance of interdisciplinary work. Which
of the following are included in that list? (There may be more than one correct answer.
Please check all that apply.)
a. Changing nature of research
b. Need for students to have more flexible degree options at universities
c. Increasing complexity of nature, society, and individuals
d. Need for more highly specialized workers with advanced knowledge of one field
A&C
The Auburn University core has ________ credit hours.
a. 41 or 42
b. 120
c. 45
d. 30
41 or 42
The total number of credit hours in the entire degree (core, major, supporting, and
electives) is _____ hours.
a. 120
b. 41 or 42
c. 30
d. 45
120
T/F The IDSC areas of emphases may come from either 2 or 3 disciplinary areas, and there
much be representation from at least 2 different schools or colleges.
True
,T/F Much of scientific interdisciplinary is motivated by practical problem solving and is
thus often instrumental interdisciplinarity.
True
___________ thinking is the ability to knit together information from different sources to
produce a more comprehensive understanding.
a. integrative
b. systems
c. concrete
d. artistic
integrative
A "silo perspective" is
a. the tendancy of interdisciplinarians to disregard insights from disciplines
b. a way of looking at a problem through a broad lens while relying on context and using
systems thinking
c. the tendency for a person in a discipline to see the world and its problems through a
narrow lens
d. a method of collect data used in economics
C. the tendency for a person in a discipline to see the world and its problems through a narrow
lens
The difference between multidisciplilnary work and interdisciplinary work is that
A. interdisciplinary work doesn't require multiple disciplinlary perspectives
B. multidisciplinary work does not focus on complex problems
c. multidisciplinary work does not attempt to integrate the different disciplinary
perspective, while interdisciplinary work does integrate these perspectives
D. There is no difference between these
, C. Multidisciplinary work does not attempt to integrate the different disciplinary perspective,
while interdisciplinary work does integrate these perspectives.
T/F One of the interdisciplinary critiques of the disciplines is that specialization fails to
address complex problems comprehensively.
True
Interdisciplinary studies sees complex problems in context by
A. Drawing on all relevant sources of knowledge to more fully understand the problem
B. Picking and choosing the disciplines that agree with the views of the interdisciplinarians
doing the work
C. Ignoring certain groups of stakeholders in favor of others.
D. Interdisciplinarians don't worry about putting complex problems in context
A. Drawing on relevant sources of knowledge to more fully understand the problem
A person who is an INTJ is
A. Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, Judging
B. Introverted, Sensing, Thoughtless, Judging
C. Involved, Noteworthy, Thinking, Judgemental
D. None of these is correct
A. Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, Judging
__________ applies an idea in an effective way.
a. creative intelligence
b. analytical intelligence
c. practical intelligence
d. artificial intelligence
practical intelligence
A ________ is a person or entity outside the academy who is interested in and may have a
material stake in the outcome of a particular issue.
a. practitioner
