PSYC 3320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Robert Zajonc, Fishing Reel, Biopsychosocial Model
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Increasing performance: social facilitation (of the same task) Performance is enhanced in groups as opposed to alone. Did the earliest study on groups and the effect that groups have on people. Kids did the fishing reel better when other kids were around doing it as well. Happens during co-action: doing the same task at the same time. Noticed that people in groups tried harder. So he reduced competition and other elements that contributed to why people did better in groups and there wasn"t much of a change. Types of task: some tasks were easy or hard, so look at the responses towards each type of task. Used to the task and when you so it with a group you perform better: non-dominant. Meeting people for the first time puts your body in a different state. Simply being around other people will put you in a drive".
