The theory that being with others will produce social facilitation effects only when those others take one's attention away from the task at hand is known as the
a. mere presence theory.
b. evaluation apprehension theory.
c. distraction-conflict theory.
d. the trans active memory hypothesis.
c
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A) taijin kyofusho B) qi-gong psychotic reaction C) zar D) pibloktoq
Muscle spindles respond to changes in muscle ____; Golgi tendon organs respond to changes in muscle ____
a. tension; fatigue b. fatigue; tension c. stretch; tension d. tension; stretch
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A) mesosystem B) endosystem C) chronosystem D) exosystem