Social facilitation as a function of the mere presence of others

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 190-197

  Platania, Judith ^a   Moran, Gary P ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominant responses; Mere presence; Social facilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL FACILITATION;

EID: 0035321130     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540109600546     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Allport, F. H. (1924). Social psychology. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
2. Chapman, A. J. (1973). Social facilitation of laughter in children. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 9, 528-541.
3. Cottrell, N. B., Wack, D. L., Sekerak, G. J., & Rittle, R. H. (1968). Social facilitation of dominant responses by the presence of an audience and the mere presence of others. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 9, 245-250.
4. Eriksen, C. W., & Wechsler, H. (1955). Some effects of experimentally induced anxiety upon discrimination behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 51, 458-463.
5. Goldman, C. (1967). An examination of social facilitation. Unpublished manuscript. University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
6. Guerin, B. (1986a). The effects of mere presence on a motor task. The Journal of Social Psychology, 126, 399-401.
7. Guerin, B. (1986b). Mere presence effects in humans: A review. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 22, 38-77.
8. Guerin, B. (1993). Social facilitation. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
9. Hull, D. J. (1943). Principles of behavior: An introduction to behavior theory. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.
10. Sanna, L. J., & Shotland, R. L. (1990). Valence of anticipated evaluation and social facilitation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 26, 82-92.
11. Zajonc, R. B. (1965). Social facilitation: A solution is suggested for an old social psychological problem. Science, 149, 269-274.
12. Zajonc, R. B. (1980). Compresence. In P. B. Paulus (Ed.), Psychology of group influence (pp. 35-60). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
13. Zajonc, R. B., Heingartner, A., & Herman, E. M. (1969). Social enhancement and impairment of performance in the cockroach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 13, 85-92.
14. Zajonc, R. B., & Sales, S. M. (1966). Social facilitation of dominant and subordinate responses. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2, 160-168.
15. Zajonc, R. B., Wolosin, R. J., Wolosin, M. A., & Loh, W. D. (1970). Social facilitation and imitation in group risk-taking. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 6, 26-46.