Social facilitation

Question 1

What is social facilitation

Answer 1

the positive effect the prescence of spectators has on the way sportspeople play or perform

Question 2

What is social inhibition

Answer 2

the negative effect the prescence of spectators has on the way sportspeople play or perform

Question 3

What is the acronym for social facilitation and inhibition

Answer 3

Behavioural
Effects
Due
To
Others
Present

Question 4

What are the 4 types of others present

Answer 4

The audience-those who just watch the event

The co-actors-those who are doing the same task but are not involved in direct competition (teammates)

The competitiors-those who are in direct competition (opponents)

The social reinforcer-those who have direct influence on the event (coaches)

Question 5

Which types of others present have a direct and indirect impact on performance (this is part of the Zajonc Model)

Answer 5

Interactive others/direct impact
competition
social reinforcers

Passive others/indirect impact
audience
co-actors

Question 6

What does the zajonc model suggest

Answer 6

this model suggests the mere prescence of others creates arousal,which affects performance

Question 7

Would a novice and expert performer perform better with or without a audience

Answer 7

novice-better without audience

expert-better with audience

Question 8

What factors affect social facilitation

Answer 8

size of audience
status of the observer
knowledge of the crowd
personality of the performer
proximity of audience
type of task

Question 9

Ways to prevent social inhibtion

Answer 9

-Getting the players familiar with playing in front of a crowd
-Gradually introducing evaluation
-Improving focus and concentration(stress management techniques)
-set process and performance goals
-overlearn key skills (strengthens S-R bond)
-selective attention
-cognitive and somatic strategies

Question 10

Any increase in arousal leads to the increased likelihood of the … … (according to the Zajonc model)
Fill in the blanks

Answer 10

Dominant response

Question 11

What are the 2 potential outcomes of the dominant response

Answer 11

Social facilitation
Social inhibition

Question 12

Define evaluation apprehension

Answer 12

the fear of being judged

Question 13

Define selective attention

Answer 13

a perceptual method of blocking out irrelevant information

Question 14

Describe the proximity effect

Answer 14

the effect of an audience gets stronger the closer they are to the performer

Question 15

What is the dominant response

Answer 15

The standout response that the performer thinks is correct