Professional Athletes Often Perform Better in Front of a Large

question 47

Multiple Choice

Professional athletes often perform better in front of a large crowd during a game than alone during practice.This finding supports the theory of:

• A)social facilitation.
• B)social loafing.
• C)social comparison.
• D)deindividuation.

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