2025, Set 1, Question 2 · Evidence-Based Question · 7 points · about 45 minutes
Do audiences help or hurt performance?
Take a position on whether having other people around makes performance better, then back it with evidence from two of three studies (people, baboons and a vigilance task) and explain each with a different psychology concept.
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