Expectativa de logro, atribución y variables fisiológicas

Laburpena

This paper presents the results of the interaction between cognitive variables (achievement and attribution) and physiological variables (cardiovascular activity) in a situation context of academic assessment. The participants were 66 university students, predominantly women, in the second year of the Psychology degree. They were between 19 and 23 years old (mean = 20.1 and SD = 1.38). The information on the cognitive variables was obtained before and after taking an exam. During the exam, the physiological variables were registered for each one of the phases: adaptation, task and recovery. We carried out descriptive, correlation and ANOVA 2 (highlow result expectation and perception of the preparedness for the exam) x 3 (adaptation, task, recovery) analyses. In the results are observed significant differences in the physiological activity (systolic pressure [SP]) and diastolic pressure [DP]) between the groups with high-low expectation of result and level of preparation.