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: This man put forth a theory on the formation of sentences intended to refute Hermann Pauls theory, using the example that, in the sentence Grass is green, our representation of grass contains our representation of green. He was given a typewriter as a gift by his student James Mckeen Cattell; he posited that the mind constructs psychic resultants which are formed by associations or apperceptive combinations. His first publication was Contributions to the Theory of Sense Perception, after which he formulated his theory of introspection, and then wrote Lectures on the Mind of Humans Animals. Another important idea of his is the tridimensional theory of feeling, discovered while employing physiological techniques in his famous laboratory. FTP, name this German-born Father of Experimental Psychology.

SOLUTION: Social Science

PROBLEM: This person learned her craft under Richard H. White, and also spent some time as the apprentice of Arnold H. Gethe. Along with Walker Evans, this person contributed to Richard Wrights history, Twelve Million Black Voices. She covered the relocation of internees at Manzanar, which included a particularly haunting photograph of a group of girls pledging allegiance to the flag. However, shes probably most famous for her work under the Farm Security Administration, which included a photograph of Florence Owens Thompson and her two children. FTP, name this photographer of Migrant Mother.

SOLUTION: Literature

PROBLEM: On this holiday, a sacrifice involving three groups of laity occurs. In Israel, this holiday is seven days long, and the second day marks the beginning of the counting of the Omer. Samaritans observe this holiday by making a pilgrimage to Mount Gerizim. All chametz must be forsaken on this holiday, on which the youngest child says "Ma Nishtana" as a part of the (*) "four questions" ritual. Observers eat bitter herbs known as maror and a young lamb on this holiday, on which unleavened matzo bread is also consumed. For 10 points, name this Jewish holiday that commemorates the Israelites' escape from Egypt after the tenth plague spared Jewish newborns.

SOLUTION:
Social Science