Latency and Test Anxiety.

Abstract

The study sought to test the interpretation that high test anxiety subjects performed more poorly on difficult material because they divided their attention between personally relevant and task relevent concerns to a greater degree than low anxiety individuals. It was reasoned that such division of attention ought to require more time for HA students on difficult items and hence should result in higher response latency. A mathematical aptitude test containing both easy and difficult items was administered to 80 subjects. Analysis of variance results are reported.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0754739

Entities

People

  • John J. Hedl Jr.
  • Nelson J. Towle
  • Sigmund Tobias

Organizations

  • Florida State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Behavioral Disciplines And Activities
  • Computing-Related Activities
  • Data Science
  • Information Science
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Materials
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Psychological Tests

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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