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How does mere presence of others influence our performance through social facilitation and self-enhancement?

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how people's presence can impact our performance as seen in audience effect, co-action and self-enhancement

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How Social facilitation and self -enhancement influences performance

1. Audience effect- individuals will perform more accurately and higher scores when there is an audience
2.Co-action- individuals will perform better when doing the same task together with another.
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