Social Facilitation/Inhibition

Question 1

What are the four effects on the performer?

Answer 1

An Audience
Competitors
Social Reinforcers
Co-actors

Question 2

What is inhibition?

Answer 2

When the presence of others negatively influences performance

Question 3

What is facilitation?

Answer 3

When the presence if others positvely reinforces performance

Question 4

What is evaluation apprehension?

Answer 4

The fear of being judged

Question 5

What is the dominant response?

Answer 5

The automatic response triggered when under pressure, this make be accurate or inaccurate depending on a expert performer or a novice performer

Question 6

How can we prevent social inhibition?

Answer 6

• Gradually introducing evaluation
• Lowering arousal levels
• Getting sportsplayer’s familiar to playing with a crowd
• Improving focus & concentration

Question 7

How may inhibition become worse for the performer?

Answer 7

• If the audience us known to us
• If the audience is critical
• If they lack confidence
• If there are experts/chief scouts in the audience

Question 8

How does the presence of co-actors help?

Answer 8

The presence of co-actors my help in a simple task as arousal is raised. Complex skills need lower levels of arousal to concentrate directly on the skills necessary

Question 9

What does the acronym (BEDTOP) stand for

Answer 9

Behaviour due to others presence