Psychology of Pressure

1. Samuel Dunham
Valdosta State University

2.  “Why does this topic interest you?”
 Many Situations
 Performance Situation Types (DeCaro, Thomas,
Albert, & Beilock, 2011)
 The Expert vs. Everyone else (Barber, 2013)
 “What can I do?!?!?” (Harms, 2010)

3.  Barber, N. (2013, January 25). The secret of performance
under pressure: Overcoming performance anxiety.
Psychologytoday.com. Retreived January 16, 2014,
from http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-
human-beast/201301/the-secret-performance-
under-pressure
 DeCaro, M. S., Thomas, R. D., Albert, N. B., & Beilock, S. L.
(2011). Choking under pressure: Multiple routes to
skill failure. Journal Of Experimental Psychology:
General,140 (3), 390-406. doi:10.1037/a0023466
 Harms, W. (2010, September 21). Psychologist
shows why we “choke” under pressure – and how to
avoid it. Uchicago.edu. Retrieved January 16, 2014,
from http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2010/09/2
1/psychologist-shows-why-we-choke-under
pressure-and-how-avoid-it#