Physical Education A-Level
Audience interpretation
What Audience interpretation means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Audience interpretation
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The performer's interpretation of the audience matters, not just the audience's physical presence, which helps explain why performance can change when a crowd is perceived as expert.
Topics that use Audience interpretation
- Social facilitation (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Arousal and performance
- Arousal and the dominant response
- Drive theory and the dominant response
- Evaluation apprehension
- Overlearning
- Perceived judgement
- Social facilitation
- Social facilitation and social inhibition
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