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Peer reviewedReed, Roseanne; Meyer, Robert G. – Psychological Reports, 1974
Analyses of repeated measures to evaluate the role of active and passive instructions showed decreased test anxiety somewhat more with the use of active instructions. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Comparative Analysis, Participation, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedDickstein, Louis S.; Ayers, Jayne – Psychological Reports, 1973
In this study, the manipulation of motivation conditions through explicit examiner's expectancy of good performance was used to improve significantly the performance on intelligence tests. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Expectation, Incentives, Intelligence Tests, Motivation Techniques
Peer reviewedFiretto, Anthony C.; Davey, Heather – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Performance Factors, Responses
Peer reviewedMaloney, Michael P.; And Others – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Intellectual Development, Intelligence Tests, Measurement Instruments, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedMednick, Martha R.; Silber, David E. – Psychological Reports, 1970
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedBrown, Marvin – Psychological Reports, 1974
Correlations between motivational factors and grades and Scholastic Aptitude Test scores are presented. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Grade Point Average, Motivation
Peer reviewedTobias, Sigmund; And Others – Psychological Reports, 1974
The hypothesis confirmed in this study is that high test-anxiety students performed more poorly on difficult material because they divided their time between personally relevant and task relevant concerns more than did low-anxiety individuals. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attention Control, Performance Factors, Response Style (Tests)
Peer reviewedYang, Kuo-Shu – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Expectation, Males
Peer reviewedThelen, Mark H.; And Others – Psychological Reports, 1973
The influence of the subject's race, model's race, and type of task on imitation was assessed when a black and white model were juxtaposed such that imitation of one precluded imitation of the other. Results showed no differential modeling as a function of the subject's or model's race or type of task. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Imitation, Learning Processes, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedBraun, John R. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Graduate Students, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedMonge, Rolf H.; Blank, Harriett D. – Psychological Reports, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Experiments, Females
Peer reviewedFish, Barry; Karabenick, Stuart Alan – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Individual Power, Motivation
Peer reviewedVogel-Sprott, M. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Learning Processes, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedOgston, Don; Thompson, Angus – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Students, Nurses, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedWright, Jack M.; Worthy, Morgan – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Individual Differences, Leadership
