Which one of the following statements best characterizes the effects of test anxiety?
a. Even the smallest amount of anxiety tends to interfere with students' performance.
b. A small amount of anxiety about a classroom assessment is likely to facilitate most students' performance.
c. Anxiety facilitates students' performance on essay tests but interferes with their performance on multiple-choice tests.
d. Anxiety facilitates creative problem solving but interferes with recall for specific facts.
Question 2
Which one of the following students is displaying testwiseness as psychologists typically use the term?
a. Malika brings her lucky pencil to a test and makes sure she sits next to her best friend, who is very good in the subject.
b. Nancy starts with the first question of the test and works on each question until she gets the answer, even if it takes a long time.
c. When stumped on a multiple-choice question, Oliver eliminates alternatives that are impossible and then guesses one of the remaining alternatives.
d. Pauline gets copies of previous tests that the teacher has given, and she and her friends look at them as they prepare for the test in their study group.
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