21 high-anxiety and 21 low-anxiety Ss, as designated by the MAS, were tested on a visual acuity task. The stimuli were 33 circles. In some there was a small gap in the perimeter; others were closed. Ss task was to locate the position of the gap. The high-anxiety Ss had a mean error of 11.90 while the low-anxiety Ss had a mean error of 6.43 (p < .01). These results confirm that high-anxiety Ss make more errors than low-anxiety Ss on a visual task.
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