Social Faciliation
People seem to act differently when other people are around. Is there a reason for this? Psychologist, Robert Zajonc (1965,1980) thinks so. He discovered that "the presence of others increases arousal, which can affect performance in different ways, depending on the task at hand" (249). This is termed the Social facilitation theory, which relates with how the presence of other people affect our behavior. Zajonc believes there are three steps to the presence of performance. First, the company of other people causes a physical arousal, livens up the action. Secondly, the person will perform the "dominant response" (the most simple response to the situation). Lastly, Zajonc thinks the quality of the person's action depends on the kind of task they're doing (249-250).
The first home game the stands were packed. Most of my friends, my parents and my boyfriend all sat waiting anxiously to see me at my new game. Well, as we were huddling before the game I saw my name on the starting roster. I was like, "you have to be kidding me." Not to mention, I was the first player to serve. The dominant response was to hit the ball as hard as I could because my coach said I had a powerful serve. I guess I went overboard. It was a good laugh though.
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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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