Gardner and Knowles (2008) Asked Participants to Complete Tasks in Front

question 14

Multiple Choice

Gardner and Knowles (2008) asked participants to complete tasks in front of a picture of a favorite TV character and found that

• A) social facilitation occurs in such a situation, even though no other actual people are present.
• B) social facilitation could still occur, but only when the character was a human one.
• C) social facilitation effects are dependent on the presence of real people in a situation.
• D) participants became less apprehensive regarding their performance.

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