Test Anxiety, Expectancies, and Expectancy Changes
- 1 February 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 22 (1) , 259-265
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1968.22.1.259
Abstract
40 high-TAQ Ss and 40 low-TAQ Ss (females) were asked to state a general expectancy for success on a task prior to performance on that task. Following either positive or negative reinforcement Ss were given an opportunity to change their estimates for success. It was found that high-TAQ Ss stated significantly lower expectancies for success prior to performance on the task. Furthermore, following failure, high-TAQ Ss showed a significantly greater decrement in expectancy than did low-TAQ Ss, while following success, there were no differences between high- and low-TAQ Ss.Keywords
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