social facilitation

what does facilitate mean

• to facilitate is to play better

what is meant by the key term BEDTOP

• behavioural effects due to others present 

effects according to Zajonc 

• an audience - watching 

• competitors - conflict with performer

• social reinforcers - encourage or criticise performance

• co actors - those doing the sport along side you

what are the features of social facilitation

• inhibition - performance made worse

• facilitation - when performance is improved

• evaluation apprehension - fear of being judged

• audience - others watching

• dominant responce - focous on / or multiple cues as ability to take in info reduces

• increased arousal

features of facilitation

• improved performance

• simple task 

• expert - dr well learnt 

features of inhabition

• impaired performance 

• complex task 

• beginner - dr not developed

how to cope with an audience

• train infant of a crowd 

• gradually introduce evaluation 

• peer support from other players 

• introduce audience and audience size early 

• selective attention 

• decrease the events importance - reminding them its the same game 

• lower arousal with relaxation techniques (visualisation and imagery)

what is evaluation apprehension by cottrell

• perceived fear of being judged 

• which is made worse if - 

• audience is known to us 

• audience is critical 

• low or lack of confidence 

• audience contains experts (scouts)

what is distraction conflict theory by baron 

• it is when a person is performing a task and the presence of others creates a conflict between concentration on the task and other people 

what is homefeild advantage?

• the tendency to succeed or win more often when on a home pitch

• (over 60% of American teams in AF succeed more at home)

what is proximity effect

• when the proximity of the crowd effects your performance - home field adv link 

• eg - American basket ball games - front floor seats