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Test anxiety (Wikipedia)

Encyclopedia Article

The English Wikipedia article on test anxiety, covering its symptoms, the history of its formal study since the early 1950s, and interference theory as an explanation of how anxiety disrupts test performance.

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Wikimedia Foundation
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_anxiety
Source Type
Encyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier
2
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Test anxiety (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead paragraph
    Test anxiety is a combination of physiological over-arousal, tension and somatic symptoms, along with worry, dread, fear of failure, and catastrophizing, that occur before or during test situations.
  • Page footer, self-cited
    Test anxiety is a combination of physiological over-arousal, tension and somatic symptoms, along with worry, dread, fear of failure, and catastrophizing, that occur before or during test situations.
  • Editorial tier assignment, self-cited
    Test anxiety is a combination of physiological over-arousal, tension and somatic symptoms, along with worry, dread, fear of failure, and catastrophizing, that occur before or during test situations.
  • Page format classification, self-cited
    Test anxiety is a combination of physiological over-arousal, tension and somatic symptoms, along with worry, dread, fear of failure, and catastrophizing, that occur before or during test situations.
  • Page address, self-cited
    Test anxiety is a combination of physiological over-arousal, tension and somatic symptoms, along with worry, dread, fear of failure, and catastrophizing, that occur before or during test situations.
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Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)

This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Learning Theory and Concepts, 5 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

Well-attested

7

Learning Theory and Concepts

Test Anxiety

Sources

Test anxiety (Wikipedia)

Holds

1

Learning Theory and Concepts

Test Anxiety

General References

2

Learning Theory and Concepts

Test Anxiety
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