You are leading a group of 25 adults on a tour of your campus and as you pass the tennis courts, you all stop to watch. Half of the courts contain students who are just learning to play tennis, while next to them are several exceptional tennis players from your college tennis team. According to the social facilitation effect, which of the following would you expect?

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The social facilitation effect suggests that the presence of an audience enhances performance on well-learned tasks (experts) and impairs performance on tasks that are not well-learned (novices).

You Are Leading a Group of 25 Adults on a Tour