Based on hypotheses on relationships between curiosity, anxiety, and performance, this study correctly predicted that high state curiosity students had lower levels of state anxiety and performed better in the computer-assisted instruction learning program than low state curiosity students. One hundred and fifty-two female undergraduates were…

Suggests that situational uncertainty heightens the effect of success and failure on the anxious individual. Tables, graphs, and bibliography. (RW)

Suggests that deception tends to produce more awareness of ulterior purposes in subsequent experiments and proposes that researchers not utilize college students so extensively as subjects. Bibliography and tables. (RW)

Deals with the hypothesis that initial self-confidence and actual task performance determine whether the subject will attribute responsibility to himself or to luck. The data support the hypothesis and reveal distinct differences between males and female subjects in self-confidence and attribution of responsibility. Tables, graphs, and…

Hypothesizes that subjects who show reduced recall of word lists after ego threat may be exhibiting response competition rather than repression. The results obtained in this experiment suggest that this may be the correct conclusion, but further research is indicated. Tables and bibliography. (RW)