Explain the role of evaluation apprehension in both social facilitation and social loafing.

Explain the role of evaluation apprehension in both social facilitation and social loafing.



Evaluation apprehension - concern for how others are evaluating us

Social facilitation - the strengthening of dominant (prevalent, likely) responses owing to the presence of others

Social facilitation increases evaluation apprehension - when we are the centre of attention we consciously monitor our behaviour

Social loafing - the tendency for people to exert less effort when they pool their efforts toward a common goal than when they are individually accountable

Group situations decrease evaluation apprehension, so we are less concerned about being evaluated, responsibility is diffused across members

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