This study examined the relationship between two aspects of the TAQ, identified as “worry” and “emotionality,” and performance expectancies on a college examination. For this purpose, a short Pre-examination Questionnaire was developed. As predicted, worry (W) was inversely related to performance expectancy. No relationship between expectancy and emotionality (E) was found.

The relationship of cognitive (Worry) and emotional (Emotionality) components of test anxiety to pulse rate, performance expectancy, and actual examination grades was determined for samples of both high school and college students. For both samples, two of the three major predictions received support: (a) Worry was found to be more highly negatively related to examination grades than was Emotionality or pulse rate and (6) Worry was more highly negatively related to expectancy than was Emotionality. However, pulse rate was no more highly related to Emotionality than to Worry, suggesting that questionnaire and direct measures of autonomic arousal are less closely related than has been generally assumed.

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