Affective Cues and Processing Strategy: Color-Coded Examination Forms Influence Performance.

Sinclair, Robert C.; Soldat, Alexander S.; Mark, Melvin M.

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ERIC Number: EJ564658

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Affective Cues and Processing Strategy: Color-Coded Examination Forms Influence Performance.

Sinclair, Robert C.; Soldat, Alexander S.; Mark, Melvin M.

Teaching of Psychology, v25 n2 p130-32 1998

Argues that external cues provide affective information that influence processing strategy and, therefore, examination performance. Notes the differences in performance for two midterm examinations, identical, except that they were printed on blue and red paper. Discusses a method for appropriately adjusting scores to control for form effects. (MJP)

Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Color, Cues, Dimensional Preference, Higher Education, Performance, Performance Factors, Prompting, Psychology, Sensory Experience, Test Format, Test Theory, Testing, Visual Discrimination, Visual Perception

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Language: English

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