Tyree is a skilled cyclist.When practicing on a stationary bike,his coach finds that when the women's cycling team enters the gym,his speed seems to increase significantly.Tyree's increase in speed illustrates
A) social facilitation.
B) group polarization.
C) deindividuation.
D) mood linkage.

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Social facilitation refers to the tendency for people to perform better on well-learned tasks in the presence of others. In this case, Tyree's speed increases significantly in the presence of the women's cycling team, indicating social facilitation. Group polarization involves a shift towards a more extreme position within a group, deindividuation involves a loss of individual identity in a group setting, and mood linkage refers to the phenomenon of people in a group sharing a particular mood or emotional state. None of these apply to the given scenario.

Tyree Is a Skilled Cyclist