AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Atychiphobia is an extreme fear of failure. Someone with this condition may procrastinate or avoid any situations where they don’t feel they’ll be completely successful.

Detailed explanation-2: -Background: Fear of failure (FoF) is described as a “dispositional tendency to avoid failure in achievement settings.” It may potentially and adversely affect students’ ability to perform well in their educational activities.

Detailed explanation-3: -The fear of failure can stem from a number of sources. Sometimes this fear might emerge in response to a specific situation. In other cases, it might be related to another mental health condition such as anxiety or depression. The fear of failure may also be related to being a perfectionist.

Detailed explanation-4: -Failure-accepting: These are the hardest students to motivate because they’ve internalized failure-they believe their repeated failures are due to lack of ability and have given up on trying to succeed and thus maintain their self-worth.