AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Social facilitation is a social phenomenon in which being in the presence of others improves individual task performance. That is, people do better on tasks when they are with other people rather than when they are doing the task alone.

Detailed explanation-2: -Social facilitation is an improvement in the performance of a task in the presence of others (audience, competitor, co-actor) compared to their performance when alone.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are two types of social facilitation: co-action effects and audience effects. Co-action effects: When the presence of others doing the same task causes an increase in one’s performance. Audience effects: When the mere presence of others as an audience causes an increase in one’s performance.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Everyday examples of social facilitation include: A cyclist going faster when in a group with others. An actor performing better in front of a full audience than in rehearsals. An athlete who performs better in competition than when practising alone.