Tests Usually Cause Anxiety in Students

Multiple Choice

Tests usually cause anxiety in students. Students learn to become anxious when they take tests because they are graded and evaluated. But if a teacher starts giving tests in which students are given a second chance to improve their grades, test anxiety may diminish. After a vacation, however, the first self-graded test may elicit more nervousness from students than did the last self-graded test given before the vacation. This is an example of which of the following?

A) contingency
B) spontaneous recovery
C) satiation
D) acquisition