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Evaluative Audience Effects on Perception in a Sport Task
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Thomas, Suzanne M.
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Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2014, Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Dayton, Psychology, General.
Abstract
The presence of an evaluative audience is known to influence task performance, but the mechanism by which it influences performance is unknown. In an attempt to identify this mechanism, this study investigated whether the presence of an evaluative audience would also impact perception of the task target’s spatial characteristics (i.e., distance to the hole and hole size). Experienced and novice golfers putted a golf ball from various distances and toward target golf holes of various sizes, with and without an evaluative audience present. Participants then made spatial judgments of the golf hole after putting the ball. The results showed that in the presence of an evaluative audience, novices perceived the hole as closer than did experienced golfers. However, novices putted with less accuracy than experienced golfers. These results suggest that social facilitation effects differentially impact spatial perception based on task experience.
Committee
Benjamin Kunz, Dr. (Advisor)
Subject Headings
Cognitive Psychology
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Psychology
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Social Psychology
Keywords
social facilitation
;
perception
;
evaluative audience
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Thomas, S. M. (2014).
Evaluative Audience Effects on Perception in a Sport Task
[Master's thesis, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1418926554
APA Style (7th edition)
Thomas, Suzanne.
Evaluative Audience Effects on Perception in a Sport Task.
2014. University of Dayton, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1418926554.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Thomas, Suzanne. "Evaluative Audience Effects on Perception in a Sport Task." Master's thesis, University of Dayton, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1418926554
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