AP PSYCHOLOGY

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Lance is in cross country runner. He tends to run faster when he is running with someone than when he is running alone. This is an example of ____
A
social facilitation
B
bystander effect
C
foot-in-the-door phenomenon
D
mere exposure effect
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Social facilitation – the positive influence of others on sports performance. Social inhibition – the negative influence of others, which leads to a decrease in sports performance. Evaluation apprehension-negative effects of an audience due to a perception by the performer that they are evaluating or judging them.

Detailed explanation-2: -the improvement in an individual’s performance of a task that often occurs when others are present. This effect tends to occur with tasks that are uncomplicated or have been previously mastered through practice.

Detailed explanation-3: -Social facilitation refers to the tendency for people to be aroused into better performance on simple tasks (or tasks at which they are expert or that have become autonomous) when under the perceived observation of others, compared to when performing alone.

Detailed explanation-4: -That is, people do better on tasks when they are with other people rather than when they are doing the task alone. Situations that elicit social facilitation include coaction, performing for an audience, and appears to depend on task complexity.

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