Group effect on indiv performance

Question 1

Evaluation apprehension

Answer 1

• cottrell->
• Physical presence of members of same species causes drive because learnt to be apprehensive about evaluation from others
• rewards/punishments received are based on others evaluation

Question 2

Evidence for evaluation apprehension

Answer 2

• No social facilitation effect when audience was merely present (blindfolded) = no apprehension
• non-blindfolded produce large evaluation apprehension + produce social facilitation effect

Question 3

Non-supportive evidence of evaluation apprehension theory

Answer 3

-Schmitt, Giluwich, Gore + Joseph
-presence accelerated performance on easy task but slowed performance on difficult task
-eval apprehension had little impact

Question 4

Less supportive evidence evaluation apprehension - male dressing exp

Answer 4

• 3 conditions: aIone, incidental audience (low eval appre)+ attentive audience (high eval appre)
• when asked to dress in familiar s clothes upponed appreh theory
• difficult task of unfamiliar clothes in attentive audience condition had no effect
  -supports driving theory

Question 5

Distraction conflict theory

Answer 5

sanders -> presence of others can drive us to distraction
- produces cog conflict between attending to task or audience
-distractions impair task performance

Question 6

Evidence for distraction -conflict theory

Answer 6

• Sanders, Baron + Moore >
  -ppts perform easy + difficult digit -copying task alone or with someone else
  -distraction condition made more mistakes on difficult task