Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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This video covers the theory of Social Facilitation (and Social Loafing / Inhibition), developed over time by researchers such as Norman Triplett, Floyd Allport, and Robert Zajonc. I also briefly go over one of my favourite social psychology experiments which uses cockroaches.

References: jstor.org/stable/1715944?casa_token=lDtCj34bVoQAAAAA%3ARr5oXc2kS-wQB2oeEqsRExLOCF0uHl3EsD1gY6JhzZsD5gI-4NdjSv-9rNnDfwhkaGbDibiX6-1asT9KV8ekFDlyc7m0ZTewn4avuYACaCvCOqUa56_d&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

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