Professional athletes perform better before an audience than when alone.This best illustrates
A) social facilitation.
B) group polarization.
C) conformity.
D) social loafing.

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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. Professional athletes are likely to be performing simple tasks that they have mastered, and they often perform in front of large audiences whose evaluations of their performances may enhance their motivation and arousal, leading to improved performance.

Professional Athletes Perform Better Before an Audience Than When Alone