Social Facilitation- Arousal

Question 1

Social facilitation

Answer 1

Positive effect of audience based arousal

Question 2

Social inhibition

Answer 2

Negative effect of audience based arousal

Question 3

Memory method for when arousal effects performance

Answer 3

PAT

Question 4

P
A
T

Answer 4

Personality
Ability
Task type

Question 5

When does social facilitation occur?

Answer 5

Audience will lead to an increased arousal which will increase performance if;

Personality is extrovert because they have a less sensitive reticular activating system (RAS)

Ability level is high/ autonomous because the player has a well learned motor programme

Task type is gross/ simple because it uses large muscle movements and has low perceptional load/ information processing

Question 6

When does social inhibition occur?

Answer 6

Audience will lead to an increased arousal which will decrease performance if;

Personality is introvert because they have a highly sensitive reticular activating system (RAS)

Ability is low/ cognitive because the player has a poorly learned motor programme

Task type is fine and complex because it uses small, intricate muscle movements and has a high perceptional load/ information processing