One explanation for social facilitation focuses on the role of evaluation apprehension—the anxiety associated with being judged by others—in creating a state of arousal in people. What is the weakness of this explanation?
a. Evaluation apprehension is probably not an important issue to cockroaches.
b. People often misattribute the reasons for their arousal.
c. Arousal can lead to the social inhibition effect.
d. Cognitive appraisal processes precede physiological arousal.
Answer: A
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What will be an ideal response?
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