Kinesiology 1070A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Home Advantage, Factor 5

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 1070A/B
• Professor: Andrew Rollo

Document Summary

Grounded in the theory of social facilitation: the presence of others can influence your behaviour and/or performance. Earliest reported study of social facilitation done by triplett (1897) cyclists racing without being timed vs racing against an opponent; found best results occurred when cyclists were racing against each other. Audience: non-interactive (passive onlookers), or interactive (audience has verbal and emotional contact with athletes; ca influence behaviour) Co-actors: two or more individuals performing side by side but independently (time trials, no competition except with self) Framework (slide 7) shows how game location has the ability to influence performance (different factors can explain why home advantage exists; crowd, travel, rules that favour one side, aspects of learning, etc. ) Researchers have been interested in how game location affects performance outcome. Home advantage: when home team wins more than 50% of their games where the schedule is balanced between home and away games.