Social Facilitation

A 1993 review of how the presence of one person affects the behaviour of another, using human and animal research.

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Part I. The History and Development of Social Facilitation Research: 2. The early history of social facilitation; 3. The drive model of Zajonc (1965); Part II. Theories of Social Facilitation: 4. Drive theories of social facilitation; 5. Social conformity theories; 6. Cognitive process theories; Part III. Experimental Studies of Social Facilitation: 7. Social facilitation effects in animals; 8. Social facilitation effects in humans; Part IV. The Place of Social Facilitation in Social Psychology: 9. Integrating the theories of social facilitation; 10. Related areas of psychology; 11. Conclusions and future social facilitation research; References; Indexes.