Social Facilitation

Question 1

What does social facilitation recognize?

Answer 1

Influence of other people has on performance

Question 2

What is social facilitation?

Answer 2

The prescence of others have a positive effect

Question 3

What is social inihibition?

Answer 3

The prescence of other [people have a negative effect

Question 4

What affect does interactive others have on performance?

Answer 4

Interactive others have more influence on the performer than passive others

Question 5

What are the two ways that interactive others can affect performance?

Answer 5

Competitive- Physically interfere with performance

Supporters- Actively attempts to disturb the concentration of the performer e.gshouting

Question 6

What affect does passive others face when performing?

Answer 6

Passive other can lead to anxiety in the performer when the others are significant to the performer: and if ther performer feels if they are being assessed (increase arousal)

Question 7

What would be some performers reaction in front of an audience?

Answer 7

Some performers performance improved, while others performance deteriorated.

Question 8

What did Zanjoc investigate?

Answer 8

Investigated the different influences and discovered that depending on the stage of learning and the ability of performer, how people react in fornt of an audience will differ.

Question 9

What is the drive theory?

Answer 9

The higher the level of arousal, the more dominant response occurs

Question 10

How would people in their early stages of learning react when under pressure?

Answer 10

Their performance will deteriorate when they perceive they are under pressure

Question 11

What level would a performers dominant response be?

Answer 11

A beginner would have a lower level of dominant response than an elite athlete

Question 12

How will an elite performer react when in front of an audience?

Answer 12

An elite performer who is performing a skill they have learnt will improve maintain their level of performance in similar circumstances.

Question 13

What is the dominant response dictated by?

Answer 13

Practice and experience and reflects the level of performance likely to be maintained under pressure

Question 14

What else can play a part in the dominant response?

Answer 14

Personality

Question 15

Would extroverts experience social facilitation and why?

Answer 15

Yes, as they tend to be more comfortable performing in a situation whereby they are likely to be evaluated in some way

Question 16

How would an introvert react to social facilitation?

Answer 16

May find the situation raises their arousal levels too high and their performance deteriorates

Question 17

When does social inhibition happen and why?

Answer 17

When others are passively observing due to evaluation apprehension

Question 18

What is the evaluation apprehension?

Answer 18

This is the worry that those watching are assessing or evaluating the quality of performance

Question 19

What did Courneya and carron recognize when looking at the home advantage/disadvantage?

Answer 19

Differences in the performance and the behaviour of teams and performers when playing at home compared to away

Question 20

How could a crowd affect the away team?

Answer 20

The presence of a large home crowd, who may be jeering or chanting may affect the away team if they have fewer supporters cheering them

Question 21

Why might there be fewer away team supporters than home team supporters?

Answer 21

There are often great distances to travel

Question 22

Are there any statistics to prove the home’s advantages and disadvantages?

Answer 22

55 - 65% of games are won by home teams

Question 23

What can the prescence of others be classified as and what can it be dependent on?

Answer 23

Interactive other
Passive others
Status
Situation

Question 24

What are the effects of over-arousal on the performer?

Answer 24

To perform better

Question 25

What are the effects of over arousal on a performer?

Answer 25

Suffer from anxiety and apprehension

Question 26

What are more experienced players able to do under pressure?

Answer 26

Perform more consistently under pressure, reverting to a dominant response

Question 27

What can less experienced players do under pressure?

Answer 27

Performance may deteriorate when they perceive they are under pressure

Question 28

What are some strategies to minimise the effect of social facilitation?

Answer 28

Use mental rehearsal
Attend to important cues
Use self talk increasing confidence
Practice in the presence of audience
Use relaxation technique to reduce arousal
Use positive reinforcement
Use goal setting to help reudce anxiety
Overlearn skills through repetition, allowing skills to become autonomous

Question 29

What is arousal defined as?

Answer 29

The level of readiness for performance

Question 30

What is arousal controlled by?

Answer 30

Reticular activating system