Imagine You Are Required to Give a Presentation to Your

question 59

Multiple Choice

Imagine you are required to give a presentation to your social psychology class on social facilitation,with a partner.You are quite comfortable speaking in front of class,whereas your partner has little practice and is very anxious about it.The two of you practice several times in an empty room.During the actual presentation,you are likely to perform ________ than during the practice,and your partner is likely to perform ________ than during the practice.

• A) about the same; better
• B) better; better
• C) better; worse
• D) worse; better

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Definitions:

Gonads

The reproductive organs in animals and humans that produce gametes; in males, these are the testes, and in females, the ovaries.

Sexual Fantasies

Imagined or daydreamed sexual scenarios that an individual finds arousing or pleasurable.

Controversial

Pertaining to issues or subjects that provoke public disagreement or debate due to differing opinions and beliefs.

Psychic Energy

In psychoanalytic theory, a concept denoting the force or process underlying mental activity and productivity, originally described by Freud.