Test anxiety

Introduction Test anxiety refers to a series of abnormal physiological and psychological phenomena caused by excessive test pressure, including pre-test anxiety, on-the-spot anxiety (halo test) and anxiety after the test. Psychology believes that the level of psychological stress and the effect of activity are inversely "U" curve relationship. Too low and high levels of tension can affect performance. Moderate psychological stress can make people have an incentive effect on the test and produce good results. However, excessive test stress leads to test anxiety, affects the performance of the test room, and affects physical and mental health.

Cause

Most are caused by exam pressure. Because the usual learning pressure is relatively large, and the teacher and the parents are too concerned about their own learning, when faced with the test, some people will have their own inner heart can not be stable, can not control their emotions very well, thus appearing The symptoms of anxiety, at this time, attention to relaxation can be improved.

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Candidates have an anxiety, nervousness and fear of the exam, accompanied by insomnia, dizziness, headache, chest tightness, inattention, memory loss, poor appetite, gastrointestinal discomfort, nightmares, nightmare, easy to wake up after sleep, And reviewing homework can not concentrate on performance. At the time of the exam, the candidates had flustered, hand-shake, rapid breathing, dry mouth, frequent urination, excessive sweating, and even symptoms such as dizziness.

Differential diagnosis

There is a negative correlation between general self-efficacy and trait anxiety, state anxiety, and test anxiety, consistent with Bandura's theoretical inference about self-efficacy. According to Bandura's theory, the self includes at least two interrelated components of self-reinforcement and self-efficacy. Self-reinforcing refers to the reward or punishment obtained by an individual's behavior at or above a certain standard. Self-efficacy is a perception of whether a person's behavior can successfully reach a certain standard.

Therefore, self-efficacy involves the individual's ability to handle various life events. At the same time, self-efficacy also involves the emotions generated by individuals in dealing with various life events. Studies have shown that subjects with anxiety usually have lower self-efficacy, or subjects with high self-efficacy are less likely to have various anxiety. It can be understood that anxious subjects are prone to helplessness in their lives, so they will cognitively believe that all efforts are futile. On the contrary, subjects with high self-efficacy are good at dealing with various life events, and even if they encounter difficulties, they will try to overcome them and are not prone to anxiety.

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