Physical Education A-Level
Social facilitation and social inhibition
What Social facilitation and social inhibition means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Performance improves when the dominant response is usually correct, which is social facilitation, and worsens when it is often incorrect, which is social inhibition.
Topics that use Social facilitation and social inhibition
- Social facilitation (AQA A-Level)
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