Social FacilitationBy
Aaron Chan & Jewel Conrad
What is it?
Increased performance? Helps us understand ourselves Helps us make decisions
ex. Lyon center vs. running around campus Not limited to exercise
Simple skills Social Facilitation Theory
Atmosphere of evaluation
Experiment
We performed an experiment for replicability and validity
We screened 10 participants, 5 males, 5 females
Other than gender, the selection was random
Control GroupSingle Runner
Experimental Group Group Run
• Overall the participants got faster by a mean of 18.8 seconds during the group run.
• There was a larger difference in the times of male participants.
Results
Mean Diff.(sec) % Difference
Females 15.2 1.41%
Males 22.4 2.44%
Both 18.8 1.92%
Table 1. Mean second and % increase in performance between female, males, and both.
Participant:Controlled
Run Group RunMale 1 14:23 13:50Female 1 17:15 16:52Male 2 15:00 14:45Female 2 19:05 18:20male 3 17:40 17:00Female 3 13:01 12:50Male 4 12:03 11:48Female 4 15:32 15:20Male 5 18:07 17:58Female 5 16:20 16:15
Table 2. Specific values of individuals amount of time taken to run.
Figure 1. Graph of Participants and time taken to run 2 miles. Red represents the control group, blue represents the experiment group.
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Participants
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• Gyms can get people to come by showing group workouts are more effective.
Gym memberships, group workout classes.• Targeted towards those who have trouble
motivating themselves during workouts-not trained athletes.• However, it depends on the environment and
type of audience.
Audience and Applications
BUT WAIT!!!
Task Complexity
Simple Skills Autonomous Requires little attention span
Complex Skills Requires large attention span Complicated and practiced in training
Social Disruption
Complex skills are performed worse in the presence of others
Negative response to an environment of evaluation