Social facilitation in young toddlers.
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.
Wanshaffe
Kyle R
KR
San Jose State University, USA. kyle_wanshaffe@hotmail.com
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012931:Social Environment; D012932:Social Facilitation