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
A)do better than normal
B)do worse than normal
C)play at your normal level
D)do better, but only if there is one person in the audience
E)do worse, but only if there are a number of people in the audience

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The theory of social facilitation suggests that the presence of an audience can lead to increased arousal, which tends to enhance the execution of well-learned or simple tasks but can impair performance on complex or new tasks. As a novice chess player, the game would be a complex task for you, so the presence of an audience is likely to make you perform worse than normal.

Let's Say That You Are a Novice Chess Player