Video-recording procedures have been used in previous research as a motivational manipulation. The present study investigated the permanent recording o f behavior as a manipulation o f evaluation apprehension and its effects upon behavioral performance and upon autonomic arousal. Twenty-four subjects (12 males, 12 females) were randomly assigned to one o f four conditions formed by completely crossing two levels o f audience status (peer or authority) with two levels o f behavioral record (nonpermanent or permanent). Another 24 subjects were assigned to an external control group to the 2 X 2 design. Subjects'performance on a hidden-word task and their arousal level (as assessed by the Palmar Sweat Index) were measured. Analyses o f variance results showed a significant performance (p<.05) and a significant arousal (p<.05) difference between the behavioral record conditions as predicted. The control group was also found to be significantly (p < .05) different f rom the experimental groups on the behavioral performance measure. The results were related to previous research findings and interpreted within the context o f the evaluation apprehension notion presented within social facilitation research.