Self-efficacy problem???
How about it being a test anxiety problem?
I am known throughout the psych majors as the See's candy stick person
because I always pass out candy sticks--a measly 30 calories for those
who are counting, but I always tell students that we can take a lesson
from babies--when stressed, they suck. So I pass out something to suck on.
Since only a few really have test anxiety, the rest just enjoy trading
flavors and their 30 calorie treat. They are also cheap--within my
personal budget :-)
annette
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Carla Grayson wrote:
>
> Tipsters,
>
> I got this question in the midst of a lecture about schemas. What would
> you call the phenomenon when a student gets the first few problems on a
> test wrong and then falls apart on the rest of the test? The idea here
> is that they think, oh, I didn't get the first couple of questions
> right, I must not know the material. I think this is some kind of
> self-perception phenomenon. I know it's not self-fulfilling prophecy
> (which requires 2 people). Can somebody jog my memory?
>
> Thanks!
> Carla Grayson
>
>
Annette Taylor, Ph. D.
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