Overcoming Test Anxiety

What is a good strategy for combatting test anxiety before the test even begins?

• Cram the night before the test
• Focus solely on past test scores
• Write down your anxieties

• Avoid studying to reduce pressure

What is the term for the tendency to remember and give more emotional weight to negative events than positive ones?

• Cognitive dissonance
• Emotional resilience
• Negativity bias
• Positive bias

It is better to simply acknowledge your mistake and do better next time than to waste time analyzing your mistake and figuring out why you made it.

• True

• False

___________ strengthens you mastery over the material.

• Memorization
• Active recall

• Listening
• Watching videos

According to the video, what are the 3 Big Fears that test anxiety can be caused by? (Select all that apply)

• Fear of change

• Fear of the unknown

• Fear of negative evaluation

• Fear of repeating past failures

• Fear of the stakes

You're not define by your past success or failures. You can choose to do things differently than you did in the past.

• True

• False