CALT ALTA COMPREHENSIVE EXAM PREP
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS STUDY GUIDE
●● Qualitative Research
Answer: research that collects data through various kinds of
observations
●● quantitative research
Answer: research in which results are based on a large sample that is
representative of the population
●● experimental research
Answer: research in which the subjects are randomly assigned to
experimental and control groups
●● quasi-experimental research
Answer: Research conducted without randomized assignment of subjects
to experimental and control groups
●● metacognition
Answer: deliberate rearrangement of information while thinking
●● Broca's area
, Answer: area of the brain for articulation
●● Parieto-temporal
Answer: Area of the brain for word analysis
●● occipito-temporal
Answer: area of the brain for word form
●● auditory
Answer: related to hearing
●● visual
Answer: related to seeing
●● modality
Answer: a specific sensory pathway
●● kinesthetic
Answer: related to muscle movement or memory
●● multi-sensory
Answer: pertaining to the simultaneous use of multiple senses
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS STUDY GUIDE
●● Qualitative Research
Answer: research that collects data through various kinds of
observations
●● quantitative research
Answer: research in which results are based on a large sample that is
representative of the population
●● experimental research
Answer: research in which the subjects are randomly assigned to
experimental and control groups
●● quasi-experimental research
Answer: Research conducted without randomized assignment of subjects
to experimental and control groups
●● metacognition
Answer: deliberate rearrangement of information while thinking
●● Broca's area
, Answer: area of the brain for articulation
●● Parieto-temporal
Answer: Area of the brain for word analysis
●● occipito-temporal
Answer: area of the brain for word form
●● auditory
Answer: related to hearing
●● visual
Answer: related to seeing
●● modality
Answer: a specific sensory pathway
●● kinesthetic
Answer: related to muscle movement or memory
●● multi-sensory
Answer: pertaining to the simultaneous use of multiple senses
