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Frost2351

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According to Robert Zajonc's (1969, 1980) social facilitation theory, would you play pool better alone, or when others are observing you? Explain your answer.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Although the term group is used commonly in everyday conversation, it has a very specific meaning in the context of social psychology.
 
  First, define group, and be sure you include the two essential properties of groups in your definition. Second, identify a group in the real world. It can be one that you belong to, or just know of. Explain how the group you've identified exemplifies the two central properties of a group.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: It all depends on how good a pool player you are or on how difficult the shot is. Social facilitation theory posits that the presence of other members of our species causes vigilance and arousal, and that the arousal in turn facilitates good performance on easy or well-learned tasks, but impedes performance on difficult or not-so-well-learned tasks. If you are a good pool player, you would probably play better when others are observing you; if you are a poor pool player, the arousal caused by others' presence would probably cause you to play worse than if you played alone.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A group can be defined as three or more people who interact with each other and are interdependent. Students then will select a group to discuss. In order to receive full credit, they should discuss how this group of people: 1) interact with each other, and 2) that they are interdependent.




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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Wow, this really help


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