Social interaction
People deal with each other every day. This interaction is at the heart of social life. The study of social interaction is concerned with the influence people have over one another’s behavior. People take each other into account in their daily behavior and in fact, the very presence of others can affect behavior.For example, one principle of social interaction, audience effects, suggests that individuals’ work is affected by their knowledge that they are visible to others, that the presence of others tends to alter the way people behave or perform an activity.
托福TPO2口语task4题目 Question:
Explain how the examples of tying shoes and learning to type demonstrate the principle of audience effects.
托福TPO2口语task4答案解析：
1. Reading key
(1.1) Term: Audience Effect
(1.2) Definition: audience effects, suggests that individuals’ work is affected by their knowledge that they are visible to others
2. Listening key
(2.1) Example 1
(2.1.1) Two groups of students were ask to tie their shoes
(2.1.2) One group knew they were being watched
(2.1.3) The other group didn’t
(2.1.4) First group tie their shoes a lot faster than the second group
(2.2) Example 2
(2.2.1) The same thing happens when we are learning a new activity
(2.2.2) When we know we are being watched when learning how to type
(2.2.3) We would type faster with more mistakes
托福TPO2口语task4范文：
The professor talks about audience effect which means people would perform differently when they know they are being watched. In the first example, two groups of students were asked to put on some shoes, while the first group knew they were being watched, the other group didn’t. The result shows that the first group put on the shoes faster than the second group. The same thing happens when people learn a new activity. When we learn how to type, and know that we are being observed, we would type faster, but we will also make more mistakes.