Lecture 2

Question 1

Michael et al.’s Pool Hall Experiment to demonstrate social facilitation: good players vs bad players in conditions with vs without audience.

Answer 1

Results: good players performed even better with audience, whilst bad players performed worse with audience.

Question 2

Zajonc’s (1996) social facilitation experiment with cockroaches: cockroaches had to go through maze whilst being watched by other roaches.

Answer 2

Results: roaches performed better on an easy route in public than on a difficult route in public.