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Dominant Responses |
The behaviour one is most likely to perform when aroused. If someone is skilled or the task is easy, the dominant response will be to perform well. If the task is hard or someone is not skilled the dominant response will be to perform poorly. |
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Yerkes-Dodson Law |
Is an inverted U shape. The upward portion of the inverted U is the positive effect of arousal, whilst the downwards is the negative. The highest part of the U is the optimal level of arousal for that task. |
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Evaluation Apprehension |
Cottrell (1972) When we are in the presence of others we fear they are judging us and our performance. When we think someone is evaluating our performance, arousal increases, and facilitates dominant responses. |
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Study: Baris et al (1988) |
Participants were split into two groups. One group had to think of regular uses for a knife, whilst the other had to name creative uses. Half of the P's in each group were told that their individual score would be identified. The creative task that were told they were identified performed worse. |
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Distraction Conflict |
Baron (1986) When a task is being performed, other people being present can be distracting, and some attention is lost from the task. A response conflict occurs between attending to the task or the audience. This conflict raises arousal and therefore facilitation of dominant responses. |
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Study: Saunders et al. (1978) |
P's given either a simple or difficult task to perform with an audience present (the audience being others doing either the same or a different task). It was hypothesised that others doing the same task would distract more. P's in the high distraction (same task) performed at a higher level on a simpler task but worse on a difficult task. |
