Social Facilitation in Young Toddlers

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Feb 2002 English Publisher:SAGE PublicationsJournal:Psychological Reports, volume 90, pages 349-350 (issn: 0033-2941, eissn: 1558-691X,

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Authors: Kyle R, Wanshaffe;

doi: 10.2466/pr0.2002.90.1.349

pmid: 11899008

Social Facilitation in Young Toddlers

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Abstract

As a test of Zajonc's social facilitation hypothesis, the behavior of 18 young toddlers (16–24 mo.) was observed. Their performance on a simple task was incongruent with his hypothesis, that is, these young toddlers may not evaluate their outcomes in relation to a social standard.

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San Jose State University
United States

Keywords

Male, Motivation, Social Facilitation, Child, Preschool, Humans, Infant, Female, Social Environment, Psychomotor Performance, Group Processes

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