Social facilitation/inhibition Flashcards
What is social inhibition?
The negative influence on sports of performance of others who may be watching or competing
What is social facilitation?
The Positive influence on sports of performance of others who may be watching or competing
the presence of an audience can lead to an increase of arousal
What did zajonic identify were the main factors effecting performance?
Presence of an audience
Trigger dominant response
if a skill is well learned positive response dominat
if a skill is not well learned negative dominant repose
What is evaluation apprehension?
A performer may feel apprehension or feel judged when I a situation, arousal levels increase and heart rate
What are the effects of social facilitation and inhibition performance?
Some athletes may succeed some may choke
Why is home v away a factor?
Home players perform better with a better crowd home crowd, due to the nature of the crowd
Some research suggests its harder to win at home due to pressure
Why do personality factors have an effect?
extrovert- like to seek social situations may perform enter with crowd
Type a- perform worse with crowd higher anxiety
Why do experience have an effect?
Previous experiences may repeat in the performers mind
elite higher performers perform better due to dominant response
Why do the types of skills have an effect?
Gross skills often are performed better at higher arousal levels
fine skills are performed worse at higher
Why does the nature of crowd have an effect on the performer?
Performer may feel higher arousal levels due to the crowd being noisy, close
who’ll benefit from an a high arousal on performance?
extroverts lower ras
motor programmes of experience performers
gross skills- law perpetual load
who will not benefit from a high arousal?
Introverts highetend ras
cognitive performers dominant response
fine skill, intricacy high perceptual load
what are strategies to minimise social inhibition?
Imagery self cetnering rational thinking paractice relaxation techniques
