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Peer reviewedSchmeck, Ronald R; Spofford, Mark – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1982
An investigation was undertaken to determine whether highly aroused (e.g. highly anxious) students are handicapped with regard to their ability to learn through deep processing and elaboration. The hypothesis that well-developed deep and elaborative habits of thought might counteract the disruptive effects that excessive arousal has upon students…
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Attention, Cognitive Style, Higher Education
Peer reviewedEysenck, Michael W.; Eysenck, M. Christine – Journal of Research in Personality, 1979
Investigated was the hypothesis that high arousal increases processing of physical characteristics and reduces processing of semantic characteristics. While introverts and extroverts had equivalent scanning rates for physical features, introverts were significantly slower in searching for semantic features of category membership, indicating…
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, College Students
