Malik found that his playing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" improved in front of an audience. But his playing of the Brandenburg piano concerto worsened. What explains this?

A. mere presence hypothesis
B. coordination loss
C. evaluation apprehension hypothesis
D. process loss


Answer: A

Psychology

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