Social Facilitation: How and When Audiences Improve Performance � PsyBlog

Social Facilitation: How and When Audiences Improve Performance � PsyBlog: "[W]hen other people are watching us we get more alert and excited and this excitement fires up what he called our 'dominant response'. Dominant responses are things like well-practised skills or particular habits. If this dominant response fits with the situation then our performance is enhanced, but if the dominant response is inappropriate then we tend to perform poorly."