Empirical question at least. Superstitious behavior? Self-fulfilling
prophecy? Have to see if it works first. Those who might be motivated
for positive dress and physical impression may also put time in to
studying? Doubt it. Could be fun to discuss tho. Gary Peterson
Rick Froman wrote:
>
> I had never heard of this before one of my students mentioned it on a class
> e-mail list. Has anyone heard of this or know if there has been research
> done on it?
>
> Rick
> Dr. Richard L. Froman
> Psychology Department
> John Brown University
> Siloam Springs, AR 72761
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.jbu.edu/sbs/psych/froman.htm
>
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> Subject: GENPSY-L: dressing for tests
>
> i have heard from a lot of people that people make better test scores when
> they dress up for a test instead of wearing their normal clothes or just
> throwing something on. does the way a person dresses really affect the
> score they make on a test at all? why would this be?
