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COGNITIVE SLIPPAGE, TEST ANXIETY, AND RESPONSES IN A GROUP TESTING SITUATION
Author(s) -
YATES GREGORY C. R.,
HANNELL GLYNIS,
LIPPETT R. MARK
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1985.tb02603.x
Subject(s) - psychology , cognition , set (abstract data type) , anxiety , test (biology) , test anxiety , cognitive test , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , paleontology , computer science , biology , programming language
S ummary . In this investigation 72 female tertiary students completed questionnaires of their experienced cognitive interference, mind‐wandering, enjoyment, and task difficulty following the administration of Set I, and again following Set II, of the Advanced Progressive Matrices. Subjects were informed that Set I was a practice test. The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (Broadbent et al. , 1982) predicted levels of cognitive interference and mind‐wandering on Set II. The Test Anxiety Scale (Sarason, 1978) predicted cognitive interference, as well as actual test performance, on Set II. The results were interpreted in line with the view that the CFQ and TAS predict different aspects of the manner in which individuals react in stressful testing situations.