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SOCIAL FACILITATION & SOCIAL LOAFING - Coggle Diagram
SOCIAL FACILITATION & SOCIAL LOAFING
Social facilitation is a Psychological concept relating to the tendency for the presence of others to improve a person's performance on a task. While this might seem like a straightforward definition, it is actually a very complex concept with many nuances.
TWO TYPES OF SOCIAL FACILITATION
CO-ACTION EFFECT
The effect on an individual's task performance of the presence of other individuals engaged in the same activity. Depending on the nature of the task, the effect on performance may be positive or negative
AUDIENCE EFFECT
An Audience effect is a change in behaviour caused by being observed by another person, or the belief that one is being observed by another person. ... The audience effect also contrasts with co-action effects, which are the change in behaviour when two or more individuals work on the same task
EXAMPLE OF SOCIAL FACILITATION
PERFORMER
MUSICIAN
ACTOR
SOCIAL FACILITATION EFFECT can also occcurs in animals in the presence of their species, ants excavate more sands, chickens eat more grains, and sexually active rats pairs mate more often.
Social facilitation and social loafing are two words that are very similar. Both are predicated on the impact of others' presence on our performance and are examples of group behavior. We'll compare social facilitation and social loafing to show you how our various behaviors are classified into these two names.
CAUSES OF SOCIAL LOAFING
Expectations of Co-Worker Performance
Evaluation Potential
Social Impact Theory.
Arousal Reduction
Establishing Individual Accountability.
Assign Distinct Responsibilities
Establishing Individual Accountability.
WHAT IS SOCIAL LOAFING?
When people are part of a group, they have a propensity to put in less effort. This is known as social loafing. Because everyone in the group is working together to attain a common objective, each person contributes less than if they were working alone.