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SOCIAL FACILITATION [3 records]

Record 1 2012-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Social Psychology
CONT

Partner facilitation both accounted for 32% of the variance in outcome and accurately discriminated successful and unsuccessful quitters in 85% of the cases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Psychologie sociale
DEF

Phénomène de psychosociologie qui aboutit dans une foule ou un groupe en une diminution du contrôle individuel des actes. Un mécanisme de suggestibilité et un sentiment d'impunité favorisant la soumission aux entraînements émotionnels collectifs et au passage à l'acte.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
CONT

Social facilitation ... the performance of one individual stimulates the behavior of its fellows to act similarly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
CONT

[...] les moutons font preuve d'un haut degré de mimétisme comportemental et/ou de facilitation sociale : ils réalisent ensemble des mêmes activités dans les figures spécifiques très réduites de dispersion.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comportamiento animal
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Record 3 1985-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
DEF

increase in quantity or quality of work, resulting from presence of audience or group pressures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
DEF

augmentation de qualité et de rendement due à la présence d'autrui.

Spanish

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