The Effects of Test-Anxious on the Color Naming of the Words related to Tests / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:The present study explored the effects of test-anxious on the color naming of the words which related to tests. Methods:Utilizing the research model of Stroop effect,the high test anxious individuals and low test anxious individuals were asked to name the colors of words which related to test and the colors of the words which not related to words. Results:Test-anxious had remarkable interference effect to the color naming of the words related tests made by the high test anxious individuals, compared to the color of the words which unrelated to test, the naming response time of the high anxious subjects were prolonged 56 ms to test-related words (556.0?58.2/500.0?46.5,t=2.56, P=0.016), the naming response time of the low anxious subjects were promoted 40 ms, they had shorter reaction time to test-related words (470.0?51.1/510.0?45.7,t=-6.76, P