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Observing the effects of the presence of others on task performance in a controlled setting. Testing how the type of task (simple vs. complex) influences social facilitation effects. Investigating whether the familiarity of the audience impacts social facilitation outcomes. Examining if individuals with different personality traits respond differently to social facilitation.
The theory of social facilitation has been used many times by a number of researchers. The biggest known experiment of social facilitation occurred with Yerkes Dowdson's experiment.
Evaluation apprehension, a concept in social psychology where individuals are concerned about being judged or evaluated by others, can lead to social facilitation, or an improvement in performance when others are present. This mirrors the Ringelmann effect, where individual effort decreases in group settings due to diffusion of responsibility and social loafing. Overall, evaluation apprehension can influence group dynamics in both performance-enhancing and inhibiting ways.
Social psychology focuses on how individuals are influenced by the presence of others and the social environment, while psychology is a broader field that encompasses the study of behavior and mental processes. Social psychology specifically examines how social interactions, group dynamics, and social norms impact individual behavior and attitudes.
Miles Hewstone has written: 'La Atribucion Causal' 'An introduction to social psychology' -- subject(s): Social psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology 'Self and Social Identity (Perspecitves on Social Psychology)' 'Attribution Theory'
Cultural psychology is a cross between social and personality psychology.
Mark R. Leary has written: 'Social psychology and dysfunctional behavior' -- subject(s): Behavior, Clinical psychology, Counseling, Interpersonal relations, Mental illness, Psychology, Clinical, Psychology, Social, Psychology,Social, Social aspects, Social aspects of Mental illness, Social psychiatry, Social psychology 'Introduction to behavioral research methods' -- subject(s): Methodology, Psychology, Research 'Handbook of self and identity' -- subject(s): Self, Identity (Psychology) 'The State of Social Psychology'
Social Facilitation
Institute of Social Psychology was created in 1964.
Social Psychology - journal - was created in 1970.
Journal of Social Psychology was created in 1929.
Social Psychology Quarterly was created in 1937.