Believe That Nervousness Is A Good Thing – And It Is!
I just finished reading the latest edition of Psychology Today and came across a very interesting experiment. The results showed that students who were told that nervousness would improve performance ended up scoring better on their Graduate Record Exam (GRE) than students who were told nothing at all.
The study (PDF download) was done by [...]
Monday January 18th, 2010 in , Adrenaline, Anxiety, Belief, Cognitive Science, Emotions, Meaning, Performance, Personal Development, Psychology, School, Self-fulfilling Prophecy, Stress, Success | 4 Comments »