Social Facilitation of Complex Tasks: A Comparison of Zajonc's Drive Theory and Cottrell's Evaluation-Apprehension Theory
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Running head: SOCIAL FACILTATION OF COMPLEX TASKS
Social Facilitation of Complex Tasks: A Comparison of Zajonc's Drive Theory and Cottrell's Evaluation-Apprehension Theory
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Zajonc (1965) describes Drive Theory as the increase in levels of arousal in the presence of others which enhances the frequency of dominant behaviours. The aim of this experiment was to challenge Zajonc's theory. This study encompassed ten University students and ten teachers and examined the effect of an Attentive Audience condition compared …
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…time <Tab/>Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 22 (-), 242-248. Seidel, S.D.and Stasser, G.L. and Collier's, S.A. (1998). Action Identification Theory as an <Tab/>Explanation of Social Performance. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and <Tab/>Practice, 2, (3), 147-154. Vaughn, G.M., and Hogg, M.A. (2002). Introduction to Social Psychology 3rd Edition. French Forest, NSW: Prentice Hall. Zajonc, Robert B. (1965). Social facilitation. Science, 149, 269-274.
