audience effect

noun

A type of social facilitation in which the presence of an audience influences individual task performance.

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Meanings

nounaudience effect (plural audience effects)

plural audience effects

  1. human sciencesA type of social facilitation in which the presence of an audience influences individual task performance.

    Overall, understanding and exploring the audience effect may contribute to our models of social interaction, including reputation management and mentalising.

    2016 October 13, Antonia F. de C. Hamilton, Frida Lind, “Audience effects: what can they tell us about social neuroscience, theory of mind and autism?”, in Culture and Brain, volume 4, number 2, →DOI, pages 159–177
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