Social Faciliation Flashcards
What is inhibition?
Negative effects due to the presence of others.
What is facilitation?
Positive effects due to the presence of others.
What is evaluation apprehension?
Fear of being judged.
What is an audience?
Watching the performance.
What is the dominant response?
Focusing on one or two cues as our ability to take in information reduces.
What are the 4 types of ‘others’ in sport?
- An audience
- Competitors
- Social reinforcers
- Co actors
How can the evaluation apprehension worsen?
- The audience is known to us
- The audience is critical
- The audience contains (e.g chief scouts)
- We are lacking confidence
What are 4 ways that you can prevent social inhibition?
- Getting players familiar playing in front of a crowd.
- Improving focus and concentration.
- Lower arousal levels.
- Decrease the importance of an event.
Describe the Zajonc model?
- There are 4 types of others in sport.
- Competitors and social reinforcers (non passive)
- Audience and co actors (passive)
- Passive others cause an increase in arousal and an increased drive.
- The probability of dominant response is facilitated if it is an expert performer or a simple task, however it is inhibited if it is a novice or a complex task.
How is performance of experts and novices linked with the dominant response?
Experts= Well learned/ accurate dominant response becomes automatic under pressure, feels simple and is correct (facilitation).
Novice= Poorly learned/ inaccurate response becomes automatic under pressure, feels complex and is incorrect (inhibition).
What are 5 ways social inhibition can be prevented?
- Getting players familiar playing in front of a crowd.
- Gradually introducing evaluation.
- Improving focus and concentration.
- Lower arousal levels.
- Decrease importance of an event.
