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tnt_battle · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Zajonc and others (1969) found that cockroaches would run a simple maze faster when other cockroaches are present. This finding suggests that ________.

A) the type of audience one has is less important than the fact that one has an audience
B) all organisms experience some form of evaluation apprehension when others are present
C) the presence of an audience may lead to cognitive load, causing actors to narrow their attention to the most important parts of a task to be performed
D) divided attention is harmful to task performance because it allows individuals to over-think their actions
E) the best performances will occur when an audience is present but the performers are unaware of the audience or their reactions

Question 2

According to Zajonc's drive theory of social facilitation, an audience will ________.

A) have no effect on highly skilled individuals and improve the performance of less skillful individuals
B) improve the performance of less skillful individuals and have no effect on the performance of less skillful individuals
C) improve the performance of less skillful individuals and interfere with the performance of highly skilled individuals
D) improve the performance of highly skilled individuals and have no effect on the performance of highly skilled individuals
E) improve the performance of highly skilled individuals and interfere with the performance of less skillful individuals