Tyree is a skilled cyclist.When practicing on a stationary bike,his speed seems to increase significantly as soon as the women's cycling team enters the gym.Tyree's increase in speed illustrates

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Social facilitation is the tendency for people to perform better on simple tasks and worse on complex tasks when they are in the presence of others and their individual performance can be evaluated. In this scenario, Tyree's performance on the stationary bike seems to improve in the presence of the women's cycling team, suggesting that their presence is having a positive effect on his performance. This is an example of social facilitation. Group polarization, deindividuation, and groupthink do not fit this scenario as well.

Tyree Is a Skilled Cyclist