The Interaction of Humor and Anxiety in Academic Test Situations

The Interaction of Humor and Anxiety in Academic Test Situations [electronic resource] / Alan S. Brown and Jerry M. Itzig.

The effects of humorous test questions on test performance of high and low-anxious college students was investigated. It was hypothesized that humor should reduce the anxiety level of high-anxious subjects, and thus improve their performance, while having little effect on low-anxious subjects. Stude...

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Main Author: Brown, Alan S.
Other Authors: Itzig, Jerry M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1976.
Subjects:
Academic Achievement.
Anxiety.
Arousal Patterns.
Higher Education.
Humor.
Multiple Choice Tests.
Performance Factors.
Questionnaires.
Research Problems.
Response Style (Tests)
Self Evaluation.
Test Anxiety.
Test Construction.
Test Items.
Testing.
Testing Problems.
Undergraduate Students.

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