Social Facilitation Flashcards
1
Q
Social facilitation
A
Positive effects of others present
2
Q
Social inhibition
A
Negative effects due to presence of others
3
Q
4 types of others present in sport
A
Audience
Competitors
Social reinforcers
Co actors
4
Q
Audience
A
Just watches
5
Q
Competitors
A
Are in conflict with performer
6
Q
Social reinforcers
A
Encourage or criticise performance
7
Q
Co actors
A
Doing sport alongside you
8
Q
Expert performer
A
Well learned/accurate dominant response, leads to social facilitation
9
Q
Novice performer
A
Poorly learned/inaccurate response under pressure leading to social inhibition
10
Q
Evaluation apprehension
A
Fear of being judged
11
Q
Preventing social Inhibition
A
Getting players familiar with playing with crowd Gradually/introducing evaluation Improving focus and concentration Lower arousal levels Decrease importance of event
12
Q
Dominant response
A
Focusing on one or two cues as our ability to take in information reduces
