Description |
xxi, 440 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Series |
Perspectives on individual differences |
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Perspectives on individual differences.
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Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Basic and Conceptual Issues: An Introduction to the Domain of Test Anxiety. The Nature and Phenomenology of Test Anxiety. Models and Theoretical Perspectives. Methodology -Research and Assessment Methods: Current and Recurrent Issues in Conducting Experimental Test Anxiety Research. Developing Self-Report Test Anxiety Instruments. Origins, Sources, and Determinants of Test Anxiety: The Origins and Development of Test Anxiety. Situational Determinants of Anxiety in Evaluative Situations. Subjective Determinants of Test Anxiety. Consequences of Test Anxiety for Cognitive Performance: Test Anxiety and Cognitive Performance. Test Anxiety and Information Processing. Individual Differences: Individual and Group Differences in Test Anxiety. Personal Correlates of Test Anxiety. Coping, Interventions, and Clinical Parameters: Coping with Test Situations: Resources, Strategies, and Adaptational Outcomes. Optimizing Procedures. Behavioral Intervention Techniques. Cognitive-Focused and Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention Techniques. Index |
Summary |
As the Information Age continues to evolve, test scores will become ever more important as a means of evaluating applicants for demanding technological jobs and candidates for admission into elite schools. The potentially crippling anxiety associated with this competitive atmosphere has created a tremendous body of research. Test Anxiety: The State of the Art is the only comprehensive, up-to-date, and integrative review of the vast body of literature on the problem. The book addresses all aspects of test anxiety, especially those involving theory, research, assessment, and individual differences among sufferers. This book will be an excellent text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in psychology and education, especially those concerned with stress and adaptation; personality theory and research; and clinical, counseling, consulting, and developmental psychology. Practitioners - psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, school administrators, and teachers - will likely find useful information on etiology, symptomatology, and intervention with respect to test anxiety |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-428) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Stress (Psychology)
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Test anxiety -- Research.
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Test anxiety -- Treatment.
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Test anxiety.
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LC no. |
98017095 |
ISBN |
0306457296 |
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