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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Social Sciences.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has research on the mind had to focus on?
(a) The working brain.
(b) The spirit.
(c) Behavior.
(d) The soul.

2. What did Laplace pioneer?
(a) The use of probability in physics.
(b) The use of statistics in politics.
(c) The use of telescopes in astronomy.
(d) The notion of inalienable human rights.

3. What causes economic theories to fail, in Edmund Wilson's estimation?
(a) Reliance on statistical analysis instead of creative synthesis.
(b) Aloofness from the social environment.
(c) Lack of integration with psychology.
(d) Lack of integration with religion.

4. What is the problem with sociology, in Edmund Wilson's estimation?
(a) It avoids analysis.
(b) It is grounded in badly-understood genetic science.
(c) It relies on untrustworthy models for its measurements.
(d) It is founded in statistics.

5. When was Condorcet born?
(a) 1752.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1743.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Descartes argue for, in Wilson's account?

2. How did Locke distinguish between culture and history?

3. Wilson says that passion and emotion are both linked to what?

4. What is the difference between primary and secondary emotions?

5. How do nerve cells in the brain connect?

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