Test Anxiety and Post Processing Interference. 2.
Abstract
This experiment was performed to determine whether test anxiety interferes in the retrieval of prior learnings from long-term memory and to investigate the degree to which anxiety affected post processing interference. Thirty students were administered Sarason's Text Anxiety Scale and four subtests of Weinstein's Learning and Study Skills Inventory (LASSI). Students were asked to memorize two 18-word lists, each consisting of three different categories, to a criterion of one perfect recall. Students were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: (1) acquisition stress ego involving instruction administered prior to the beginning of the task, (2) ego involving instructions after acquisition, or (3) no ego involving instruction of any kind. It is conceivable that study skills, like test anxiety, affect performance mainly in the presence of effective stress.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA239819
Entities
People
- Joanne Sacks
- Sigmund Tobias
Organizations
- City University of New York