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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Processing efficiency theory"”.
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The relationship between anxiety, working memory and academic performance among secondary school pupils with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties: a test of Processing Efficiency Theory
… a role in learning and academic performance. The Processing Efficiency Theory (PET) and<br/>the more recent Attentional Control Theory (ACT) have been put forward to explain the relationship between anxiety and performance. The theories assume that worry (the cognitive component of anxiety) is …
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Exploring the attentional processes of expert performers and the impact of priming on motor skill execution
… regarding the most appropriate explanatory theory. Therefore the initial study in this thesis aimed to provide further insight into the processes that govern choking by examining accounts from elite international swimmers of their experiences of performing under high levels of pressure. The …
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Exploring the role of working memory and understanding educational underachievement in anxiety and depression
… 1984), Eysenck and Calvo (1992) formulated a processing efficiency theory (PET) to account for the disruptive effects of anxiety on cognitive task performance. Briefly, PET suggests that anxiety can have the effect of reducing cognitive storage and processing resources in the working memory …