Question

Imagine you are playing a video game when five strangers arrive to watch you. according to robert zajonc's work on social facilitation, the ________ created by the presence of these strangers would impair your performance if you ________ this particular video game. dissonance; are unfamiliar with dissonance; dislike arousal; dislike arousal; are unfamiliar with

Answer 1

Answer:

arousal; are unfamiliar with

Explanation:

In Social facilitation , arousal is not referring to 'sexual arousal'. It refers to mental stimulation.

According to his theory, whenever we are in the presence of other people who review our performance,  we will perform better when we are doing well-rehearsed task  due to the increase in adrenaline and concentration , But will do worse when we are doing unfamiliar tasks.

So, if we put that in video game context, we tend to perform better in front of audience if we've had a lot of experience in playing that video game before.