Management of Examination Anxiety
Chapter 9: Motivation and Emotion · PSYCOLOGY · EN medium
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Inoculation : Inoculate yourself against stress. Exposure through rehearsals and role- playing prepares you physically and mentally to face the examination situation better and with confidence. Positive thinking : Have faith in yourself. Structure your thoughts with systematically listing the thoughts that worry you and then rationally dealing with them one by one. Emphasise on your strengths. Suggest to yourself to be positive and enthusiastic. Seek support : Do not hesitate to ask for help from your friends, parents, teachers or seniors. Talking about a stressful situation to a close person makes one feel light and helps gain insight. The situation may not be as bad as it seems.
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Inoculation : Inoculate yourself against stress. Exposure through rehearsals and role- playing prepares you physically and mentally to face the examination situation better and with confidence. Positive thinking : Have faith in yourself. Structure your thoughts with systematically listing the thoughts that worry you and then rationally dealing with them one by one.
Emphasise on your strengths. Suggest to yourself to be positive and enthusiastic. Seek support : Do not hesitate to ask for help from your friends, parents, teachers or seniors. Talking about a stressful situation to a close person makes one feel light and helps gain insight.
The situation may not be as bad as it seems. On the other hand, blunting strategies involve avoiding the stressful situation. True, avoidance is neither desirable nor possible in an examination situation, but the following techniques may prove useful:
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