world regions

in the thought of German philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889–1976), three different aspects of a person’s lived experience characterized as three worlds simultaneously inhabited by Dasein—the Eigenwelt, or private and subjective world; the Mitwelt, or social world; and the Umwelt, or immediate physical environment.

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Psychology term of the day

November 22nd 2024

precompetition anxiety

increased cognitive and physiological arousal before a competition. Precompetition anxiety may facilitate or inhibit performance, depending on the performer’s perception of readiness or apprehension. See debilitative anxiety; facilitative anxiety.