audience effect

English

Noun

audience effect (plural audience effects)

1. (psychology) A type of social facilitation in which the presence of an audience influences individual task performance.
   • 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:

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

See also

• bystander effect

Further reading

• audience effect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia