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In what may have been the first experimental investigation in all of social psychology, Triplett (1897) began the area of study that has come to be known as social facilitation. Research in this area concerns the effects on an individual’s performance that are caused by the presence of other people. The finding from which the area derives its name is this: the presence of others, whether as coactors or as observers, often results in enhanced performance. (Sometimes the presence of others impairs performance, however, resulting in “social interference” effects. The basis of performance impairment is addressed in a later section of the chapter.)
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Carver, C.S., Scheier, M.F. (1981). Social Facilitation. In: Attention and Self-Regulation. SSSP Springer Series in Social Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5887-2_15
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