Social Facilitation Theory - Explained
What is Social Facilitation?
Written by J. Mance Gordon
Updated at April 22nd, 2024
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What is the Social Facilitation?
The social facilitation says that individuals will perform differently based upon the presence of observers. Specifically, individuals tend to perform better on easy or well-rehearsed tasks and worse on complex tasks or new ones.
What is Audience Effect?
Audience effect refers to an individual's performance being better while doing a task in front of an audience.
What is Co-Action Effect?
Co-action effects refers to an individual's performance being better in a specific task just because other people are doing the same task.
Does Social Facilitation Work When No One is There?
The presence of others can either be real, implied, or even imagined.
Who Developed Social Facilitation Theory?
is a theory presented by Norman Triplett.
What is Social Inhibition?
When a task is complicated or challenging, social facilitation is less likely to occur. Instead, it leads to social inhibition - the tendency to perform tasks poorly or slowly in the presence of others.
The type of audience that is present also has an impact on an individual's performance level, for example, a supportive crowd v/s a hostile crowd.