ISBN: | 978-5-5088-0692-7 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Audience effect is the impact that a passive audience has on a subject performing a task. It was first formally noted in various psychology studies in the early 20th century. During some studies the presence of a passive audience facilitated the better performance of a simple task; while other studies show the presence of a passive audience inhibited the performance of a more difficult task or one that wasn`t well practiced, possibly due to psychological pressure or stress.