Which of the Following Explanations for Social Facilitation Applies to Humans

question 95

Multiple Choice

Which of the following explanations for social facilitation applies to humans but not to cockroaches? Animals are

• A)alert and aroused in the presence of other members of their species.
• B)distracted by a number of stimuli,including members of their own species.
• C)aroused at the prospect of evaluation.
• D)more likely to perform their dominant response when aroused.

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Definitions:

Psychodynamic Theory

A psychological perspective that emphasizes unconscious psychological processes (e.g., wishes, fears, and desires) and contends that childhood experiences are crucial in shaping adult personality.

Oedipus Complex

A psychoanalytic concept describing a child's feelings of desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy towards the same-sex parent.

Electra Complex

A Freudian concept involving a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father, seen as a counterpart to the Oedipus complex in boys.

Analytical Psychology

The study of the personal and collective unconscious developed by Carl Jung.