TY - JOUR
KW - Anxiety
KW - Test anxiety
KW - Cognition
KW - Compensatory Resources
KW - Efficiency
KW - Perfor-mance
KW - Academic Tasks
AU - Manuel Gutierrez Calvo
AB - Firstly, this paper deals with an adaptive conceptualisation of anxiety as a reaction which mobilizes resources to avoid anticipated threats; and test anxiety is proposed as typical of academic contexts. Secondly, the attentional interference theory and the processing efficiency theory are presented, along with the corresponding experimental evidence, to account for the negative effects of anxiety on cognitive tasks. In addition, the alternative hypothesis of a basic capacity and knowledge deficit is discussed. Finally, implications of these theories for reading comprehension and performance in examinations in academic contexts are analised.
IS - 2-3
M3 - Journal article
N2 - Firstly, this paper deals with an adaptive conceptualisation of anxiety as a reaction which mobilizes resources to avoid anticipated threats; and test anxiety is proposed as typical of academic contexts. Secondly, the attentional interference theory and the processing efficiency theory are presented, along with the corresponding experimental evidence, to account for the negative effects of anxiety on cognitive tasks. In addition, the alternative hypothesis of a basic capacity and knowledge deficit is discussed. Finally, implications of these theories for reading comprehension and performance in examinations in academic contexts are analised.
PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés
PY - 1996
SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937
SP - 173
EP - 194
T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés
TI - Anxiety and cognitive functioning: Effects on performance in academic tasks
VL - 2
ER -