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PYB2: Social Psychology: Social Psychology of Sport

Social Psychology of Sport. Social facilitationSocial facilitation theory. Dominant responses.Causes of arousal: evaluation apprehension and distraction. Effects of arousal on performance. Home ground advantage for both individual and team performance. Home advantage in different sports.Team co

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PYB2: Social Psychology: Social Psychology of Sport

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    1. PYB2: Social Psychology: Social Psychology of Sport Revision Material

    2. Social Psychology of Sport Social facilitation Social facilitation theory. Dominant responses. Causes of arousal: evaluation apprehension and distraction. Effects of arousal on performance. Home ground advantage for both individual and team performance. Home advantage in different sports. Team cohesion Team cohesion as task cohesion and social cohesion. Factors influencing cohesion and satisfaction in a team. Links between cohesion and performance in relation to type of sport.

    3. Social Facilitation Effect of audience/co-workers on performance (1), idea of change in performance (1)

    4. Social Facilitation Supporting evidence – Triplett (1898) Aim – to investigate whether performance of a task improves in presence of others doing same task (co-actors) Method – participants (40 children aged 11-17) to wind wishing reel as fast as possible. After practice time did this alone or in pairs & were timed. Results – performance was better in presence of another person. Average time = 1% faster. Conclusion – Performance is improved in presence of co-actors. Supported Triplett’s research into cyclists performance when alone or when racing other cyclists.

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