Mr. Faugel was convinced that students’ nervousness had affected their scores; to reduce the anxiety of these students who had already been tested, he gave 22 of them a beta blocker before readministration of the test. Their scores improved significantly. The other 8 students (who did not receive the beta blockers) improved only slightly. Second-time test-takers nationwide had average improvements which were similar to those in Faugel's non-beta blocker group.

Beta blockers are prescription drugs which have been around for 25 years. These medications, which interfere with the effects of adrenalin, have been used for heart conditions and for minor stress such as stage fright. Now they are used for test anxiety. These drugs seem to help test-takers who have low scores because of test fright, but not those who do not know the material. Since there can be side effects from these beta blockers, physicians are not ready to prescribe them routinely for all test-takers.

Faugel’s research showed that beta blockers given to his sample ...............

Câu hỏi liên quan

• The word "prosperity" in line 1 could be best replaced by which of the following?

• What is the Pareto principle?

• What is the main point the writer is trying to make in the last paragraph?

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• The word “surreptitiously” is closest in meaning to .............

• All of the following are defined in the passage EXCEPT ............

• What two factors help protect the Earth from radiation?

• The phrase broke out in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning ...............

• The latter half of the last sentence in paragraph 3, “or one tourist for every person living in Spain” means .........

• The expression “ keep tabs on” is closest meaning to ___________.

• Why do people say women produce more than half of the food in Africa?

• According to the passage, Moby Dick is .............

•  The word “metamorphosis” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ................

• The phrase “the one” in line 8 refers to a single ................

• Why did George Washington not live in the White House?

• According to the passage, why is the shape of sea cucumbers important?

• The word “advantage” in the last paragraph most closely means ...........

• It can be inferred from the passage that the Puritans who traveled to the Massachusetts colony were ............

• Why does the author believe that the Mandans were skilled farmers?

• The main subject of the passage is_________.

• According to the passage, which of the following is true of humpback whales?