HUS2315 Lesson 12Discussion Question

Exploring Vicarious Desensitization of Test Anxiety Name Institution Course Code and Title Due Date Question 14. Give three different possible explanations for vicarious desensitization of test anxiety. Describe an experiment that would help decide among these explanations. Observational Learning: The Power of Modeling One account of vicarious desensitization regarding test anxiety is through observational learning. The rationale is that when people observe others going through the fears associated with tests and coming through successfully, they may tend to internalize and make the same part of their strategies. With this, the observer could learn another way of going through the test and, therefore, lower his anxiety. According to social learning th...