PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Muzafer Sherif, Social Learning Theory, Robert Zajonc
2 Dec 2013
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Our thoughts & behaviours influenced by those of the people around us. Look to others for cues how to behave & feel in situations. Influence of others social psychology many counterintuitive findings. Will look at famous & infamous studies. Norman triplett to when racing against clock or individual alone or in groups performance of an actor time trial. 1st formal study of social psychology 1898". Observed that cyclists raced faster when competing with each other compared. Same competitive effects in children performing a task with no reward. Another study triplett asked child to wind string on fishing rod fast either. Children wound string faster when other children present. He hypothesized that mere presence of others important variable in. Co-actors individuals performing the same task with you. Audience group of people observing performing a task. Presence of co-actors or audience affected performance on many tasks. This phenomenon is termed social facilitation - the increased.
