Social facilitation Flashcards
What is social facilitation
Behavioural effects due to others present
Who can cause social facilitation / inhibition
The audience
Co actors
Competitive co actors
Social reinforcers (coach)
State the 2 types of social facilitation and define
Social facilitation - Positive effects of the presence of others on performance
Social inhibition - Negative effects of the presence of others on performance
Why is an expert more likely to experience social facilitation?
They have the correct dominant response and so the audience and co actors will motivate and encourage
Why is a novice more likely to suffer social inhibition?
They have the incorrect dominant response and will suffer anxiety and overarousal with the increased pressure of others
Why can a complex task cause social inhibition?
Processing of skill information under stress increases the likelihood of failure
Why can a simple task cause social facilitation?
Less information processing needs to be done
Does the presence of others increase or decrease arousal?
Increase
What does the drive theory suggest about social facilitation for an expert performer?
They will be able to cope with the pressure as their responses are habitual
What does the drive theory suggest about social facilitation theory to a novice?
Novice has not learned the suitable responses, causing it to be the incorrect response or performed wrong.
Responses incorrect as performer must process the correct one along with audience and co actor pressure
Who developed the social facilitation theory?
Zajonc
What is evaluation apprehension?
The performers perceived fear of being watched, causing a decline in performance
Out of the 4 others present, who are most likely to cause an arousal increase?
Co actors
Audience
What are the strategies to prevent social inhibition?
Develop familiarisation with playing with an audience
Gradually introduce evaluation
Improve selective attention
Reduce event importance
SMTs
Overlearn skills
Reduce event importance
Set goals
Encourage teammate support
