Social Facilitation

Question 1

Originally proposed by who?

Answer 1

Triplett 1898

Question 2

Triplett 1898

Answer 2

Saw cyclists were faster when part of a group than when completing laps individually and hence decided to replicate with children where he instructed them to wind string onto a reel as fast as they could. He found that children who performed the task amongst others were quicker.
He suggested “an improvement in performance due to the mere presence of others”
An effect he called social facilitation

Question 3

Quote by Triplett 1898

Answer 3

“An improvement in performance due to the mere presence of others”

Question 4

Dashiell 1935

Answer 4

supported the idea of social facilitation by finding that the presence of an audience facilitated performance by increasing the amount of simple multiplications completed

Question 5

However, who found contradictory results?

Answer 5

Pessin 1933

Question 6

what did Pessin 1933 find

Answer 6

subjects needed more trials at learning nonsense words in a list in front of an audience
this is called social inhibition

Question 7

What is social inhibition

Answer 7

the tendency to perform worse when performing in front of an audience

Question 8

It was concluded what?

Answer 8

that the extent of social facilitation/inhibition depends upon the nature of the interaction between the task and the performer

Question 9

there are 2 types of social facilitation

Answer 9

co action effects

audience effects

Question 10

co action effects

Answer 10

performance increases by others doing the same task

Question 11

audience effects

Answer 11

passive audience effects

Question 12

co action effects

3 studies

Answer 12

Triplett 1898
Chen 1937
Platt, Yaksh and Darby 1967

Question 13

Audience effects

2 studies

Answer 13

Pessin 1933

Dashiell 1935

Question 14

Co action effects

Chen 1937

Answer 14

worker ants will more than 3x as much sand when working alongside other ants than on their own

Question 15

co action effects

Platt, Yaksh and Darby 1967

Answer 15

Animals will eat more of their food is there are other species present

Question 16

Question proposed by who

Answer 16

Allport 1954

Question 17

What question did Allport 1954 propose

Answer 17

how does solitary performance change when other’s are present?

Question 18

ORDER

Answer 18

What is SF- Triplett 1898
Support by Dieshall 1935
However by Pessin 1933
Concluded
2 Types; Co action- Triplett 1898, Chen 1937, Darby, Yaksh and Platt 1967
Audience- Pessin 1933, Dashiell 1935