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?
A)Both the novice and expert tennis players should perform better.
B)Both the novice and expert tennis players should perform worse.
C)The novice tennis players should perform worse, while the expert tennis players should perform better.
D)The expert tennis players should perform worse, while the novice tennis players should perform better.

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The social facilitation effect posits that the presence of others can enhance the performance of well-learned or expert tasks but can impair the performance of tasks that are not well-learned or are complex for the individual. Therefore, expert tennis players are likely to perform better with an audience, while novice players may perform worse due to increased pressure and anxiety.

You Are Leading a Group of 25 Adults on a Tour