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Gross, Thomas F.; Mastenbrook, Matthew – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1980
High state-anxious subjects solved fewer problems than middle or low state-anxious subjects under no memory-aid conditions, and all anxiety groups performed comparably with memory aids. High state-anxious subjects tended to use less focusing strategy when memory aids were unavailable. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing, Logical Thinking