Audio Timer Activity
Results
The present study was conducted in order to investigate the effects of anxiety-inducing stimuli on cognitive functioning of college students. In order to investigate this, a 2 (audio timer) x 2 (visual timer) factorial ANOVA was performed. The participants' scores were based on how many anagrams they completed correctly. The scores of each participant were hand counted for every group. The means for each condition are shown in Figure 1. As hypothesized a significant main effect for the audio timer was found (F (1, 62) = 4.627, p = .04, ɳ2 = .07) with participants in the audio timer group completing fewer anagrams than participants in the visual timer group. No main effect for visual timer was found (F (1, 62) = 0.60, p = .44, ɳ2 = .01). There was not a significant interaction (F (1, 62) = 0.08, p = .78, ɳ2 = .001).
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The hypothesis of this study was that participants exposed to a visual timer, audio timer, or both would complete fewer anagrams than participants with no timers. According to the results, participants in the audio timer group completed fewer anagrams than the control group. There was no main effect for the audio timer nor was there an interaction It can be suggested that there was greater anxiety induced by the audio timer than …show more content…
The participants of this study were all college students with experience with timed tests. This study could be improved if the visual timer was visible at all times rather than only shown on certain parts of the online page. By the timer not moving with the screen, the participants could have had less exposure to that anxiety inducing stimuli. In the audio only timer, there was no way to confirm that all of the participants actually listened to the audio rather than complete the study with no sound. However the results of this study showed that participants in the audio timer group completed fewer anagrams than the group with no
The present study was conducted in order to investigate the effects of anxiety-inducing stimuli on cognitive functioning of college students. In order to investigate this, a 2 (audio timer) x 2 (visual timer) factorial ANOVA was performed. The participants' scores were based on how many anagrams they completed correctly. The scores of each participant were hand counted for every group. The means for each condition are shown in Figure 1. As hypothesized a significant main effect for the audio timer was found (F (1, 62) = 4.627, p = .04, ɳ2 = .07) with participants in the audio timer group completing fewer anagrams than participants in the visual timer group. No main effect for visual timer was found (F (1, 62) = 0.60, p = .44, ɳ2 = .01). There was not a significant interaction (F (1, 62) = 0.08, p = .78, ɳ2 = .001).
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The hypothesis of this study was that participants exposed to a visual timer, audio timer, or both would complete fewer anagrams than participants with no timers. According to the results, participants in the audio timer group completed fewer anagrams than the control group. There was no main effect for the audio timer nor was there an interaction It can be suggested that there was greater anxiety induced by the audio timer than …show more content…
The participants of this study were all college students with experience with timed tests. This study could be improved if the visual timer was visible at all times rather than only shown on certain parts of the online page. By the timer not moving with the screen, the participants could have had less exposure to that anxiety inducing stimuli. In the audio only timer, there was no way to confirm that all of the participants actually listened to the audio rather than complete the study with no sound. However the results of this study showed that participants in the audio timer group completed fewer anagrams than the group with no