Physical Education A-Level
Drive theory and the dominant response
What Drive theory and the dominant response means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Explains the effect through increased arousal strengthening the dominant response, so performance improves if the dominant response is correct and declines if it is incorrect.
Topics that use Drive theory and the dominant response
- Social facilitation (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Arousal and performance
- Arousal and the dominant response
- Audience interpretation
- Evaluation apprehension
- Overlearning
- Perceived judgement
- Social facilitation
- Social facilitation and social inhibition
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