"Whenever I am trying to play a complex piano piece that I've never seen before, my friend usually sits down to listen." Make a likely prediction of the piano player's performance based upon your understanding of social and group influence:

A. the friend will cause social inhibition, since the song is new and complex
B. the performance will be better, because of social facilitation
C. the performance will be better ,because of social inhibition
D. the friend will cause deindividuation


Answer: A

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