Jason is getting ready to give the first lecture of his teaching career.As he steps up to the podium and looks out at the lecture hall,he is struck by the fear that he will appear incompetent in front of his students.Jason is experiencing
A) social facilitation.
B) deindividuation.
C) evaluation apprehension.
D) groupthink.

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Evaluation apprehension refers to the fear of being evaluated negatively by others. In this scenario, Jason is worried about appearing incompetent in front of his students, indicating his fear of being negatively evaluated by them. Social facilitation refers to the phenomenon where people perform better on familiar tasks in the presence of others, deindividuation refers to the loss of self-awareness and individual identity in group situations, and groupthink refers to the tendency of a group to prioritize consensus over critical thinking. None of these concepts accurately describe Jason's situation.

Jason Is Getting Ready to Give the First Lecture of His