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Sigmund Freud’s relationship to Judaism is analyzed in a book titled for this phenomenon by Ann Pellegrini. This phenomenon titles a film in which Richard Todd’s character is crushed by a curtain after smearing blood on a dress to Marlene Dietrich’s Charlotte; that 1950 film titled for this phenomenon was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. After becoming fixated on dropped nails while experiencing this phenomenon, Konstantin Stanislavski created a series of lit circles as part of his idea of “public solitude” to counter it. A 2003 study of golfers found that the yips was tied to this phenomenon, which is caused in part by perfectionism. Barbara Streisand refused to sing publicly for 27 years after this (10[1])phenomenon occurred during a Central Park concert, causing her to forget her lyrics. For 10 points, name this phenomenon caused by the “fight or flight” response (-5[1])in which people perform worse in front of an audience. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: performance anxiety [accept stage fright or audience anxiety; accept Performance Anxieties: Staging Psychoanalysis, Staging Race; prompt on nerves, anxiety, panic, fear, or fright; prompt on stress; prompt on choking] (The Alfred Hitchcock film is Stage Fright. The 2003 study is “The ‘Yips’ in Golf: A Continuum Between a Focal Dystonia and Choking.”)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt BollingerGeorgia Tech ACornell A11410
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordPenn AWUSTL B140-5
Neal JoshiWUSTL BPenn A15010

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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2100%0%50%132.00