Social facilitation -The tendency for people to perform better on tasks in the presence of others than when alone
Arousal theory of social facilitation
- According to Zajonc, Arousal acts as a drive which brings out the Dominant response.
- In a well practiced task, the dominant response tends to be correct so social facilitation occurs
- In a more difficult task, the dominant responsetends to be incorrect so social inhibition occurs
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