Social Psych 2800 Final Exam

Question 1

Social Facilitation

Answer 1

The theory that people perform better when in the presence of others, like a coworker or an audience.

Partly due to the fact that someone might feel anxiety or fear if another person is evaluating them, which can increase their motivation.

Question 2

Robert Zajonc (1965), 3 elements of Social Facilitation

Answer 2

1. The mere presence of others increases physiological arousal.
2. Physiological arousal increases the likelihood of the dominant response.
3. For well learned tasks, the dominant response is the correct response, and performance is facilitated.