Tests
What is anxiety that you get during (before and/or after) an exam?
Test anxiety.
What is peer pressure?
A type of social pressure from classmates.
What is perfectionism?
A personality trait involves a refusal to accept any standard short of flawless.
What is cramming?
When you pull a "one-nighter" to do a type of intense, last-minute studying
What is social comparison?
A term to describe constant measurement of others' grades and success.
What is procrastination?
The term of putting off school assignments until the very last minute due to stress
What are college entrance exams?
Standardized exams that carry high stakes for high schoolers looking to enter college.
What is impostor syndrome?
A phenomenon that makes a student feel like a fraud who doesn't belong somewhere
What is a growth mindset?
A recommended shift that views failure as a step to learn.
What is cortisol?
A chemical that spikes during a difficult exam and can interfere with your brain's memory retrieval.
What is a dog-eat-dog environment?
A drive by social media and academic rankings.
What is a burnout?
A condition of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by academic stress.
An acronym that describes the fear that your peers are doing better than you.
What is "Duck Syndrome"?
A term that describes the pressure to maintain a perfect, effortless public persona.
What is learned helpplessness?
A concept that happens when a student experiences repeated failures and stops trying altogether.