Social facilitation

1. What is an example of social facilitation?
2. What is the social facilitation theory?
3. What are the two types of social facilitation?
4. What is social facilitation and social loafing?

What is an example of social facilitation?

Examples of Social Facilitation

A musician/actor/performer who becomes energized by having an audience and does a better performance. Finding that you do better work if you go to a library than if you stay at home to study.

What is the social facilitation theory?

Social facilitation, the theory, originated out of the field. of experimental social psychology as a means of explaining individual's. behavior in social situations. Social facilitation is described as enhanc- ing one's dominant response simply by being in the presence of others.

What are the two types of social facilitation?

There are two types of social facilitation: co-action effects and audience effect. Subsequent researchers found that performance improved as a result of the presence of others (social facilitation) whilst others found that it was impaired (social inhibition).

What is social facilitation and social loafing?

Social facilitation is when others' presence facilitates or affects our performance, in a good or bad way. ... Social loafing is when in a group of hardworking people, some find a way to sit back and do nothing, thinking it wouldn't make much difference if they didn't contribute.