Audiences, co-actors and performance

Overview

Social facilitation and inhibition, co-actors and passive audiences, how an audience helps or hinders, novices and experts, type of skill, personality and whether audiences always improve performance.

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1. 1

   What is social facilitation?

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   Social facilitation is the improvement in performance caused by the presence of others. The presence of others raises arousal.

2. 2

   What is social inhibition?

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   Social inhibition is the decline in performance caused by the presence of others. Novices are especially affected.

3. 3

   What are co-actors?

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   Co-actors are people doing the same task at the same time but not competing directly. Other runners at a training session are co-actors.

4. 4

   What is a passive audience?

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   A passive audience is people watching without interacting. Spectators at a match form a passive audience.

5. 5

   How can an audience improve performance?

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   An audience raises arousal, which helps simple and well-learned skills. Experienced performers often perform better in front of crowds.

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   How can an audience worsen performance?

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   Raised arousal can disrupt complex or new skills. Novices may make more mistakes in front of others.

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