Author Question: At a college football game in Ohio, a crowd of 50,000 people gathered. When the game began, the ... (Read 493 times)

jparksx · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

At a college football game in Ohio, a crowd of 50,000 people gathered.

When the game began, the crowd abided by the stadium's regulations, but by the end of the game, many of the people in the crowd had begun to vandalize signs, push over portable toilets, throw trash all over the aisles, and engage in physical violence. This is an example of ________. a) distraction conflict
b) social facilitation
c) social loafing
d) hooliganism

Question 2

Jeremy is an actor who specializes in comedy. His friends persuade him to perform at a venue that specializes in audience-led improvisation, meaning that the audience chooses the subject matter for the actors.

During the performance, Jeremy performs better than he ever has during comedic scenes, but performs more terribly than he ever has in serious dramatic scenes requiring strong emotion. Jeremy's overall performance can be explained by ________. a) distraction conflict theory
b) the drive theory of social facilitation
c) the theory of social loafing
d) dominant response theory