Abstract
Social Intelligence (SI) is the ability to get along well with others, and to get them to cooperate with others. A continued pattern of toxic behavior indicates a low level of social intelligence - the inability to connect with people and influence them effectively. Test anxiety is a combination of physiological over-arousal, tension and somatic symptoms, along with worry, dread and fear of failure that occurs before or during test situations. The study aimed to examine the social intelligence in relation to test anxiety among higher secondary level students. The investigator adopted survey method to study the social intelligence in relation to test anxiety among higher secondary level students. For this study a sample of 300 higher secondary level students from six Govt and Private schools which are situated in and around Tirupur district in Tamil Nadu were selected by the investigator using simple random sampling technique. The findings reveal that there is a significant relationship between social intelligence and test anxiety among higher secondary level students.
Highlights
Social intelligence is one of the thrust areas in the educational researches
According to the table totally 29 % of higher secondary level students belong to low level of social intelligence, 45% of the higher secondary level students belong to moderate level of social intelligence, and 26% of higher secondary level students belong to high level of social intelligence
It can be concluded that there is no significant difference in test anxiety between the groups based on type of school among Higher Secondary level students
Summary
Social intelligence is one of the thrust areas in the educational researches. Social intelligence is the ability to understand the society, and its heartbeats for fruitful and effective involvement in the circulatory process of society like oxygen in human body. Intelligence is generally defined as an aggregate global capacity of an individual to act purposefully, think rationally and deal effectively to a given situation. When it is connected socially it becomes Social Intelligence. Test anxiety is a physiological condition in which people experience extreme stress, anxiety, and discomfort during and/or before taking a test. This anxiety creates significant barriers to learning and performance. Researchers suggest that between 25 and 40 percent of students experience test anxiety. HYPOTHESIS 1: There will be a difference in Social Intelligence and test anxiety among higher secondary level students
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