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| ===Test Anxiety===<!-- This section is linked from [[Educational psychology]] -->
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| Test anxiety is the uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness felt by students who have a fear of failing an exam. Students suffering from test anxiety may experience any of the following: the association of grades with personal worth, embarrassment by a teacher, taking a class that is beyond their ability, fear of alienation from parents or friends, time pressures, or feeling a loss of control. Emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and physical components can all be present in test anxiety. [[Sweating]], [[dizziness]], [[headaches]], racing heartbeats, [[nausea]], [[fidgeting]], and drumming on a desk are all common. An optimal level of arousal is necessary to best complete a task such as an exam; however, when the anxiety or level of arousal exceeds that optimum, it results in a decline in performance. Because test anxiety hinges on fear of negative evaluation, debate exists as to whether test anxiety is itself a unique anxiety disorder or whether it is a specific type of social phobia. In 2006, approximately 49% of high school students were reportedly suffering from this condition.
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| While the term test anxiety refers specifically to students, many adults share the same experience with regard to their career or profession. The fear of failing a task and being negatively evaluated for it can have a similarly negative effect on the adult.
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| ===Stranger Anxiety===
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| {{main|Stranger anxiety|socialization}}
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| Anxiety when meeting or interacting with unknown people is a common stage of development in young people.
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| So-called stranger anxiety in younger people is not a [[phobia]] in the classic sense; rather it is a developmentally appropriate fear by young children of those who do not share a loved-one, caretaker or parenting role. In adults, an excessive fear of other people is not a developmentally common stage.
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| ==References== | | ==References== |