Q 01/05

In what year was the American Political Science Association founded?

A) 1903

B) 1906

C) 1919

D) 1946

Answer · why

A) 1903

Its journal, the American Political Science Review, followed in 1906; membership grew from 204 in 1904 to 1,462 by 1915.

Q 02/05

Which 1950s–60s movement pushed political science toward the scientific study of behavior?

A) Behavioral revolution

B) Perestroika Movement

C) New institutionalism

D) Cambridge School

Answer · why

A) Behavioral revolution

Robert Dahl and Philip Converse were among its leading figures; it favored surveys and empirical testing over legal texts.

Q 03/05

The Perestroika Movement of 2000 protested what trend in political science?

A) Its "mathematicization"

B) Its focus on Europe

C) Its reliance on history

D) Its lack of theory

Answer · why

A) Its "mathematicization"

Supporters argued for methodological pluralism and for making the discipline more relevant to outsiders.

Q 04/05

Which University of Rochester scholar led the push for game-theoretic modelling in the 1970s?

A) Robert Dahl

B) Gabriel Almond

C) William H. Riker

D) Paul Lazarsfeld

Answer · why

C) William H. Riker

His students borrowed theory and methods from economics to study Congress and voting.

Q 05/05

Philip Converse and Bernard Berelson are associated with which approach?

A) Straussianism

B) Marxism

C) Constructivism

D) Behavioralism

Answer · why

D) Behavioralism

Berelson worked with sociologist Paul Lazarsfeld on public opinion; the approach stressed behavior over institutions and legal texts.