Evaluation apprehension
What Evaluation apprehension means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
The concern a performer feels about being judged by others, based on the perception that those people are assessing ability, appearance or outcome.
A raised concern about being judged that the presence of others can cause, which progressive exposure to audiences reduces.
The fear of being judged, which along with the audience's proximity, size and status also influences the effect.
Topics that use Evaluation apprehension
- Social facilitation (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Arousal and performance
- Arousal and the dominant response
- Audience interpretation
- Drive theory and the dominant response
- Overlearning
- Perceived judgement
- Social facilitation
- Social facilitation and social inhibition
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