Carter trains in the martial arts. He has memorized dozens of katas during his training so far. He finds the first kata he learned to be very easy at this point in his training because he has repeated it so many times. At his black belt test, he is asked to perform his first kata in front of a panel of evaluators. Which of the following describes the most likely outcome?

a. Carter is likely to forget his first kata because it has been so long since he originally learned it and the pressure of evaluation will have a negative impact on his performance.

b. Carter is likely to perform his first kata poorly. He knows that he should know his first kata very well, because it is so easy, and the pressure from the panel of judges is likely to increase the number of mistakes he makes.

c. Carter is likely to present an average performance of his first kata in comparison to students who only know one kata and study it exclusively. The panel of evaluators will likely have no impact on his performance at all.

d. Carter is likely to make a better performance of his first kata with the panel of evaluators watching him than he would in his rehearsals in an empty room. The pressure of performing a kata that he knows well in front of others will remind him to take the effort to perform the steps well.
Carter is likely to make a better performance of his first kata with the panel of evaluators watching him than he would in his rehearsals in an empty room. The pressure of performing a kata that he knows well in front of others will remind him to take the effort to perform the steps well.