The Limitation of the Problem

term anxiety that defined by Nevid with asserting a perceived threat that made people feels anxious or afraid with something bad that is going to happen. 5 Dusek 1998 in Schunk et al. defines anxiety as “an unpleasant feeling or emotional state that has physiological and behavioral concomitants, and that is experienced in formal testing or other evaluative situations” 6 Furthermore, according to Jeanne Ellis Ormrod statement “You are a victim of anxiety: you have a feeling of uneasiness and apprehension abo ut an event because you’re not sure what is outcome will be.” 7 There is no same word mentioned by both researcher but, their definitions are correlate one another in which Schunk states an unpleasant feeling that is experienced in formal testing or other evaluative situation. Ormrod then make it clear with stating people are concern with the result that they are still not sure. To sum up, the writer concludes anxiety as an uncomfortable feelings towards situation that they think they cannot deal with. Anxious person will focus on thinking the negative result are going to happen rather than the positive result. Mostly people will become anxious if they are being evaluated. Likewise, anxiety can usually be noticed with some psychological signs such as sweating, trembling, or heart beating, etc.

2. The Kinds of Anxiety

Jeanne Ellis Ormrod divides the types of anxiety into two types, state anxiety and trait anxiety. She states “Such temporary feelings of anxiety are instances of state anxiety.” 8 Another definition of state anxiety defined by Thomas J. Huberty which is “State anxiety refers to anxiety that occurs in a specific situations and usually has a clear trigger.” 9 It means that state anxiety is an anxious feeling that felt by the people only when they face a specific situation and in a short time. Otherwise, trait anxiety is 5 Nevid, loc. cit. 6 Dale H. Schunk, Paul R. Pintrich, Judith L. Meece, Motivation in Education: Theory, Research, and Applications, New Jersey: PEARSON Merrill Prentice Hall, 2008, p. 228. 7 Jeanne Ellis Ormrod, Educational Psychology: Developing Learners, Boston: Pearson, 2011, Seventh Edition, p. 401. 8 Ibid. 9 Thomas J. Huberty, Test and Performance Anxiety, Student Services, 2009, p. 13.