DrPrather Randomly Assigns 100 Student Volunteers Who Experience Test Anxiety

question 41

Multiple Choice

Dr.Prather randomly assigns 100 student volunteers who experience test anxiety to either a group that will receive training in relaxation exercises or a group that will sit in a waiting area for the same length of time as those learning relaxation.Based on her results,Dr.Prather will have evidence of

• A)how well relaxation exercises works in the treatment of various mood disorders.
• B)how students with test anxiety behave in a classroom setting.
• C)how effective the waiting time is.
• D)whether or not relaxation exercises may cause an alleviation of symptoms of test anxiety.

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Definitions:

Short-Term Memory

A cognitive system that temporarily holds a limited amount of information in an accessible state for use in ongoing tasks.

Coded

Transformed into a systematic form (often numerical or symbolic) to classify and facilitate the analysis of data.

Working Memory

A cognitive system responsible for temporarily holding and processing information relevant to current tasks or activities.

Episodic Buffer

A component of the working memory model that integrates information from different sources into a coherent episode.