Approaching Test Anxiety
Robert Tullos
Approaching Test Anxiety
Out of the eight different modern approaches towards behavior, I’d have to say my approach would be a mix between the psychoanalytic approach and the cognitive approach. Test anxiety has always been a problem for me beginning in elementary school. It started in the 5th grade when we were supposed to take the exit level TAKS test. I wasn’t much of a procrastinator back then, but I would outright refuse to study or even look over the material that was being covered. Going into middle school was when I became a chronic procrastinator. I would always wait till the last day to start working on homework, essays, and projects. I had to attend summer school for 6th grade and again for 7th due to failing because of procrastination. In connection with the cognitive approach, during tests and exams in high school, I would worry so much that I would usually end up getting the most obvious questions wrong. I’d be so nervous that I would read the question wrong or get the numbers mixed up. However, I learned to control it breathing exercises and reading questions and answers over multiple times. Dealing with the psychoanalytic approach towards test anxiety, A few things led to me being able to get rid of my procrastination habits. The main thing was losing weight which gave me a huge boost in self-esteem. As stated in the book, “Based on personality tests, researchers concluded that students who are regular procrastinators may have low self-esteem”. During my early years of high school, I didn’t really have anyone to push me to do better in school, so I feel that had an effect on my test anxiety as well. In the later years of high school, I started to get more support from family which overall helped me deal with test anxiety. To conclude this, I no longer get test anxiety; it’s something of the past.
There are three main controversies that surround Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The first is diagnosis, where many
Approaching Test Anxiety
Out of the eight different modern approaches towards behavior, I’d have to say my approach would be a mix between the psychoanalytic approach and the cognitive approach. Test anxiety has always been a problem for me beginning in elementary school. It started in the 5th grade when we were supposed to take the exit level TAKS test. I wasn’t much of a procrastinator back then, but I would outright refuse to study or even look over the material that was being covered. Going into middle school was when I became a chronic procrastinator. I would always wait till the last day to start working on homework, essays, and projects. I had to attend summer school for 6th grade and again for 7th due to failing because of procrastination. In connection with the cognitive approach, during tests and exams in high school, I would worry so much that I would usually end up getting the most obvious questions wrong. I’d be so nervous that I would read the question wrong or get the numbers mixed up. However, I learned to control it breathing exercises and reading questions and answers over multiple times. Dealing with the psychoanalytic approach towards test anxiety, A few things led to me being able to get rid of my procrastination habits. The main thing was losing weight which gave me a huge boost in self-esteem. As stated in the book, “Based on personality tests, researchers concluded that students who are regular procrastinators may have low self-esteem”. During my early years of high school, I didn’t really have anyone to push me to do better in school, so I feel that had an effect on my test anxiety as well. In the later years of high school, I started to get more support from family which overall helped me deal with test anxiety. To conclude this, I no longer get test anxiety; it’s something of the past.
There are three main controversies that surround Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The first is diagnosis, where many