Fear is the physiological and psychological response to a perceived danger .
It's the racing heart, sweaty palms, sense of threat, and urge to flee that someone experiences when confronted by a bear while walking through the woods. Anxiety is the physiological and psychological response to an imaginary danger . It's the racing heart, sweaty palms, sense of threat, and urge to flee that someone experiences when confronted by the possibility of being confronted by a bear while walking through the woods. In other words, test anxiety is centered not in the test but in the test- taker's mind. It's natural to worry about whether you will do well on a test.