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I chose to research the effects of social facilitation because I've always wondered how and why the presence of people can affect your performance when carrying out tasks especially in the area of sports.
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Background I chose to research the effects of social facilitation because I've always wondered how and why the presence of people can affect your performance when carrying out tasks especially in the area of sports. Social facilitation is a term used for the presence of others can increase arousal and therefore enhance dominant responses. Previous Research Floyd Allport, Participants were asked to write down as many associations as they could think of for words printed on the top of an otherwise blank piece of paper, (e.g. "building", ""laboratory") They were allowed to work for three one minute periods and performed alone and in front of two other persons. Results were quite clear : 93% of the participants produced more associations when working in the presence of others than working alone. Zajonc's drive theory of social facilitation. As we have seen the presence of others, especially when they are paying close attention to out performance as...
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