CLT Assessment Test Questions with
100% Correct Answers
educational psychology - Answer-the discipline concerned with teaching and learning
processes; applies the methods and theories of psychology and has its own as well
descriptive studies - Answer-studies that collect detailed information about specific
situations, often using observation, surveys, interviews, recordings, or a combo of the
methods
case study - Answer-intensive study of 1 person or case
correlation - Answer-a # that indicates both the strength and the direction of a
relationship between 2 events or measurements
experimentation - Answer-research method in which variables are manipulated and the
effects recorded
participants - Answer-people or animals studied
random - Answer-each participant has an equal chance of being in any group
statistically significant - Answer-not likely to happen by chance or re-occur often
principle - Answer-established relationship between factors
theory - Answer-an interrelated set of concepts that is used to explain a body of data
and to make predictions about the results of future experiments
schemes - Answer-basic building blocks of thinking ex. sucking through a straw
assimilation - Answer-when people use their existing schemes to make sense of events
in their world
ex. a child mistaking a raccoon for a kitty
accommodation - Answer-altering existing schemes or creating new ones in response to
new info
ex. chihuahua looking like a rat, child must revise schemes to accommodate the fact the
rat is a dog
equilibration - Answer-the act of searching for a balance
100% Correct Answers
educational psychology - Answer-the discipline concerned with teaching and learning
processes; applies the methods and theories of psychology and has its own as well
descriptive studies - Answer-studies that collect detailed information about specific
situations, often using observation, surveys, interviews, recordings, or a combo of the
methods
case study - Answer-intensive study of 1 person or case
correlation - Answer-a # that indicates both the strength and the direction of a
relationship between 2 events or measurements
experimentation - Answer-research method in which variables are manipulated and the
effects recorded
participants - Answer-people or animals studied
random - Answer-each participant has an equal chance of being in any group
statistically significant - Answer-not likely to happen by chance or re-occur often
principle - Answer-established relationship between factors
theory - Answer-an interrelated set of concepts that is used to explain a body of data
and to make predictions about the results of future experiments
schemes - Answer-basic building blocks of thinking ex. sucking through a straw
assimilation - Answer-when people use their existing schemes to make sense of events
in their world
ex. a child mistaking a raccoon for a kitty
accommodation - Answer-altering existing schemes or creating new ones in response to
new info
ex. chihuahua looking like a rat, child must revise schemes to accommodate the fact the
rat is a dog
equilibration - Answer-the act of searching for a balance
