I don't know any research, but I did this as a student. I figured if I
looked good, I would feel good and more confident- and then, do better on
the exam. I had a 4.0 so maybe it worked!
Molly Straight, MA
Alderson-Broaddus College
Philippi, WV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Froman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 10:06 AM
Subject: dressing for tests
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> 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?
>
