44 –Social Facilitation of Performance & The 1st Sports Psych Experiment

Why does the presence of others change the performance of an
individual athlete? Why is this social facilitation effect
sometimes good and sometimes bad?  Does it matter whether
the other people are observing, evaluating or performing the same
action? Does being “observed” via activity monitoring technology
facilitate performance?


 


Articles/links:


The Dynamogenic Factors in Pacemaking and Competition


Social Facilitation From Triplett to Electronic Performance
Monitoring
Social "facilitation" as challenge and threat

Social facilitation in motor tasks: a review of research and
theory


Social Facilitation of Running: An Unobtrusive


Study


 


Yerkes Dodson Figures


 


My other (new) podcast: Ultra Running Science & Superstitions


 


More information:


http://perceptionaction.com/


My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)


My ASU Web page


Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)


 


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Credits:


The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action


The Dark Brothers – Watching People


The Henry Girls – Watching the Detectives


Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy


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