Social Facilitation

Question 1

4 Theories of social facilitation

Answer 1

Zajonc’s Model

Evaluation Apprehension

Barons distraction-conflict theory

Self-presentation theory

Question 2

Social Facilitation is?

Answer 2

The influence of the presence of others on performers.

Question 3

Two types of Passive others

Answer 3

1) Audience- passive spectations who make no comments but cause pressure (snooker audience)
2) Co-actors- people doing same thing at same time without competition (treadmills in gym)

Question 4

Two types of interactive others

Answer 4

1) Competitiors/competative co-actors- in forever competition (football team)
2) Social Reinforcers/Supporters - people who have influence (coaches)

Question 5

Zajonc’s model

Answer 5

Passive others (audience & co-actors) —> ⬆️arousal and ⬆️ drive

= cognitive/complex skill = dominant response incorrect =social inhibition (negative effect on performance)

= autonomous/simple skill= dominant response correct = social facilitation (positive effect on performance)

Question 6

Evaluation Apprehension Theory

Answer 6

Sense of anxiety experienced by performer caused by feeling they are being judged by audience.

Presence of others creates arousal when perceived they are being evaluated

Confident performer= perform well
Cognitive performer= perform poorly

Question 7

Baron’s Distraction-conflict Theory

Answer 7

The presence of others demands put attention as well as completing a task. This conflict ⬆️arousal = social facilitation/inhibition

Question 8

Self-Presentation theory

Answer 8

Motivations on how to behave based on how others evaluate you and their knowledge of your behaviour.

1) pleasing the audience-presenting yourself to match the audience expectations
2) Selp-construction- self presentation to match own ideal of self

Question 9

Ways home field advantage helps

Answer 9

• attentive/supportive crowds
• bigger crowd
• if crowd hate visiting team
• away team travelled long way
• crowd influencing officials

Question 10

Ways home field advantage inhibits

Answer 10

• home crowd are large, expectant and evaluative =⬆️Anxiety

* increase pressure on home team

Question 11

Ways to combat social inhibition

Answer 11

• mental rehersal
• familiarisation- train in front of others
• focus on game not audience
• reduce importance of event
• encourage support of team mates
• ⬆️self esteem/confidence
• endure skills are over-learned to encourage correct dominant response in high arousal