A Bicyclist Finds That She Can Cycle Faster During Competition

question 21

Multiple Choice

A bicyclist finds that she can cycle faster during competition than when she is riding alone.This is likely to be caused by

• A) social learning.
• B) counter-conditioning.
• C) social facilitation.
• D) deindividuation.

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Definitions:

Puberty

The developmental stage in humans during which physical growth and sexual maturation occurs, marking the transition from childhood to adulthood.

Age

The length of time that a person or entity has existed or the period during which a living being, typically a human, has been alive.

Reproduction

Reproduction is the biological process by which new individual organisms are produced from their parents, essential for the survival of species.

Primary Sex Characteristics

The physical characteristics directly involved in reproduction, developing during puberty, including the ovaries in females, and the testes in males.