presence of others

Question 1

what is social facilitation

Answer 1

individual’s performance improves when they are observed or believe they are being observed
increased motivation and encouragement so execution of skills enhanced

Question 2

what factors change whether social facilitation has a positive or negative impact

Answer 2

ability
task
personality

Question 3

what is zajoncs model

Answer 3

there are 4 types of audience two passive and two interactive

Question 4

what are the 4 types of audience

Answer 4

audience
co actors
competitors or compettitve co actors
social reinforcement or supporters

Question 5

what audiences are passive

Answer 5

audience
co actors

Question 6

what audiences are interactive

Answer 6

competitors
social reinforcers/ supporters

Question 7

what is an audience

Answer 7

passive spectators who observe and make no comments but cause pressure

Question 8

what are co actors

Answer 8

people doing the same thing at the same time without competition

Question 9

what are social reinforcers

Answer 9

people who have influence

Question 10

what does zajonc say a passive audience cause

Answer 10

increased arousal increased drive
causes dominant response
if a complex task or beginner is social inhibition
if a expert or simple task is social facilitation
if extrovert is social facilitation
if introvert is social inhibition

Question 11

what is social inhibition

Answer 11

the negative impact of the presence of others on a performers performance
increased arousal and anxiety so poor skill execution

Question 12

what are the 2 theorys social facilitation links with

Answer 12

drive theory
inverted u theory

Question 13

how does the drive theory relate to presence of others

Answer 13

arousal goes up
leads to likeyhood of the dominant response occuring
cognitive shows incorrect dominant response so perfromance decreases - social inhibition
autonomous show correct dominance response so performance decreases- social facilitation