Let's say that you are a novice chess player. According to the theory of social facilitation, if an audience watches you play, you should

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Social facilitation theory suggests that the presence of an audience enhances performance on well-learned tasks but impairs performance on tasks that are not well-learned. As a novice, chess is not a well-learned task for you, so an audience would likely cause you to perform worse.

Let's Say That You Are a Novice Chess Player