You Are Leading a Group of 25 Adults on a Tour

question 125

Multiple Choice

You are leading a group of 25 adults on a tour of your campus and as you pass the tennis courts,you all stop to watch.Half of the courts contain students who are just to play tennis,while next to them are several exceptional tennis players from your college tennis team.According to the social facilitation effect,which of the following would you expect?

• A) Both the novice and expert tennis players should perform better.
• B) Both the novice and expert tennis players should perform worse.
• C) The novice tennis players should perform worse,while the expert tennis players should perform better.
• D) The expert tennis players should perform worse,while the novice tennis players should perform better.

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