2.1.3. Social Facilitation

Question 1

What does presence of an audience lead to?

Answer 1

Increase in arousal

Question 2

What is social facilitation?

Answer 2

The positive influence on sports performance of others who may be watching or competing is called: social facilitation

Question 3

What is social inhibition?

Answer 3

the negative influence on sports performance of others who may be watching or competing

Question 4

What does social facilitation?

Answer 4

performance increasing

Question 5

What does social inhibition?

Answer 5

performance decreasing

Question 6

How does personality affect social facilitation?

Answer 6

extroverts/ type a
likely to perform better because they have a less sensitive RAS

Question 7

How does personality affect social inhibition?

Answer 7

introverts/ type b
likely to perform worse because the have a highly sensitive RAS

Question 8

How does stage of learning affect social facilitation?

Answer 8

high ability/ autonomous
more likely to be helpful because player has a well learnt motor programme.

Question 9

How does stage of learning affect social inhibition?

Answer 9

low ability / cognitive performers
more likely to hinder performance because player has a poorly learnt motor programme

Question 10

How does skill type affect social facilitation?

Answer 10

gross/ simple skills
skills are helped because high arousal increases performance of these skills

Question 11

How does skill type affect social inhibition?

Answer 11

fine/ complex
skills are hindered because these skills require low arousal to concentrate

Question 12

How do audience factors affect social facilitation?

Answer 12

home advantage/ if audience in familiar setting helped physical proximity/ size of crowd can increase arousal and motivation/ determination/ effort

Question 13

How do audience factors affect social inhibition?

Answer 13

disadvantage age if away/ unfamiliar and hostile environment
physical proximity/ size of crowd can cause over-arousal and decrease performance

Question 14

What is evaluation apprehension?

Answer 14

• performers can suffer from this
• arousal levels increase because you perceive that other people are judging/ evaluating your performance

e.g. Emma Raducanu dipped as she thought she was being judged

Question 15

What are the strategies to minimise social inhibition?

Answer 15

• mental rehearsal/ imagery techniques
• relaxation techniques
• train with an audience present
• prepare to deal with negative reaction to co-actors
• groove/ overlain skills
• decrease important of event
• remaining calm/ focused