Barbara Is a Professor and Gives Lectures to Groups of Students

question 84

Multiple Choice

Barbara is a professor and gives lectures to groups of students ranging from 40 to 100.She is never anxious,enjoys giving these lectures,and doesn't have many problems speaking in front of the students.However,at a conference,Barbara has been asked to speak in front of a group of approximately 1000 of her academic peers.Based on the principles in your text,Barbara is most likely to

• A)experience enhanced performance because she is engaging in a well-learned behaviour.
• B)present her speech without much difference between the way she lectures to her students.
• C)experience some difficulty during her speech due to anxiety that interferes with her speaking abilities.
• D)experience excessive anxiety and be unable to perform her speech.

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