Jonathan began to panic as soon as his instructor announced that there would be a public speaking assignment in his government class. He became so preoccupied with worry that he missed some of the teacher's instructions. Which type of public speaking anxiety (PSA) does Jonathan have?

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Mekhi Solis

31 October, 07:01

Jonathan began to panic as soon as his instructor announced that there would be a public speaking assignment in his government class. He became so preoccupied with worry that he missed some of the teacher's instructions. Which type of public speaking anxiety (PSA) does Jonathan have?

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Kelley · Answer 1

Answer: Pre-preparation anxiety

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Jonathan possess a Pre-preparation type of public speaking anxiety. Pre-preparation anxiety is a situation where an individual is about to face a gathering for a speech rendition but is gripped with fear of what they might say or what the audience would think of them. In most cases they tend to forget details they need to use to prepare due to this anxiety issue and they end up performing very poor most times when they participate in the task. Pre-preparation anxiety causes Jonathan to miss details for the task given to him by his instructor due to fear of task; what he would say or what the audience would think of him.