Social inhibition
What Social inhibition means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
The presence of others raises arousal and can worsen performance of complex or newly learned skills.
The tendency for the presence of others to worsen performance.
Topics that use Social inhibition
- Social facilitation (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Arousal and performance
- Arousal and the dominant response
- Audience interpretation
- Drive theory and the dominant response
- Evaluation apprehension
- Overlearning
- Perceived judgement
- Social facilitation
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