Jack and Jill are Unit 3/3 psych students, stressed about the upcoming exam. Jack hasn't done a lot of study through the year. To reduce his anxiety he plays basketball with mates and preferred not to think about psychology revision or homework. His SAC scores are consistently poor through the year. He is very worried about the exam. He wanted a good study score so he could get into physiotherapy at uni.
Jill initially spent lots of time online shopping and watching TV, but was dissapointed by her SAC results. After a second poor result, she changed things and started studying much more. Her SAC results improved and by October she felt confident (if still a little nervous) about performing well on the exam. She knows that no matter what she will learn from the experience and improve her study skills at university.
Jill seeing the end of the year exam as an opportunity for future growth in refining her study skills at uni suggests that she has framed the exam as a...