TASK DEFINITION: In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
PROBLEM: In his later work he distinguished between value that is invoked when an interpersonal exchange occurs and value as denoting the qualitative mental evaluation of elements. Using these definitions, he created an algebra of social exchange in his Sociological Studies. In his earlier work he argued that information processing is guided by a need for equilibrium, which is restored by either assimilating new information into old patterns, or altering the old pattern to accommodate the new information. Known for his belief in instinctual "schemas" of behavior at birth, he sought to understand the formation of knowledge in terms of "genetic epistemology. " FTP, name this French developmental psychologist, best known for positing four stages of development beginning with the sensorimotor.

SOLUTION: Social Science

PROBLEM: These objects contain the zone of plastic flow and the zone of brittle flow. They are formed by compressing firn, and parts of them break off by calving. Till is soil left behind by these objects, which also push material to form moraines. Cirques (SERKS) and fjords (FYORDS) are among the landforms due to erosion by these objects. For 10 points, name these moving masses of land ice.

SOLUTION: Science

PROBLEM: He was brought up at the estate of Macellum in Cappadocia and as a youth converted to Neoplatonism. Ammianus Marcellinus describes him as a stocky, athletic type, which is confirmed by his statue in the Louvre. He defeated and expelled the Alemanni and the Franks, and was set to take on Constantius II, when Constantius died. After assuming power in 361, he ruled for only twenty months. FTP, identify this nephew of Constantine the Great who gained his nickname when he renounced Christianity and became a pagan.

SOLUTION:
History