=+Task 8: Statistics and maths anxiety are common and affect people’s performance on maths and stats assignments; women, in particular, can lack confidence in mathematics (Field, 2010). Zhang, Schmader, & Hall,

(2013) did an intriguing study, in which students completed a maths test in which some put their own name on the test booklet, whereas others were given a booklet that already had either a male or female name on it.

Participants in the latter two conditions were told that they would use