PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Group Cohesiveness, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Physical Attractiveness
5 Jun 2016
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Common sense does not always equal research findings. Found that people performed better when in groups. Cyclists ride faster when with others compared to individual time trials. Kids wound ropes faster if other kids were doing it too compared to alone. Studied confirmed that presence of co-actors or audience affected performance on a variety of tasks, a phenomenon termed social facilitation. The initial understanding could satisfactorily account for a large chunk of the data there also seemed to be exceptions to the rule. Sometimes the presence of co-actors and audiences did not produce a noticeable enhancement in performance. Some evidence shows it can be a hindrance for things such as learning nonsense syllables, completing a hard maze or complex math problems. Published social facilitation: a solution is suggested for an old social psychological problem . Suggested that the important factor to consider is that presence of others increases your arousal.
