Question

Your basketball team is up by 50 points at halftime only to lose in the final seconds of the game due to your star player missing his free throw shots. If your teammate experienced increased arousal from the potential of being judged by the audience, this could be described as arousal due to__________

Answer 1

答：老实说我不知道​​，但我确实知道中国，而且我也可以讲有趣的笑话，但是我真的不能讲任何笑话。

Answer 2

Evaluation apprehension is the correct answer.

According to the Evaluation Apprehension Theory, our arousal may be modulated by the rewards/punishments we receive from other people and their evaluation of us. Therefore, performance will either be impaired or enhanced in the presence of others who can approve or disapprove of our actions. Nicholas B. Cottrell was the one who proposed this theory, in 1972.