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The Effects of Anxiety on Recall in Self Versus Other‐Model Observation
Author(s) -
HO PINGHUI,
HOSFORD RAY E.,
JOHNSON MARK E.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.1985.tb00511.x
Subject(s) - psychology , recall , anxiety , nonverbal communication , differential effects , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , psychiatry , medicine
To determine whether differential levels of anxiety and recall occur during vicarious modeling or self‐observation, six counselor trainees were shown five videotaped segments of counselor‐client interactions—two of a different counselor and client and three of themselves counseling (one of which was viewed in the presence of the trainees' supervising professor). Anxiety was measured by self‐reports and hand temperature and recall was assessed by several questions regarding the verbal and nonverbal behaviors demonstrated in each segment. Although a significant negative correlation was found between the physiological measure of anxiety and recall (ρ = –.90), no significant differences were revealed in the amount of anxiety relative to other‐model versus self‐observation. Trainees recalled a significantly greater amount of verbal behaviors during other‐model observation than in self‐observation conditions, whereas the reverse was found for nonverbal behaviors. Additionally, the presence of the supervising professor effected a dramatic increase in anxiety and decrease in recall.