An Electromyographic Study of Social Facilitation
A Test of the ‘Mere Presence’ Hypothesis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9619169 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Antony J Chapman (Institute of Science and Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 123-128 |
| Publication date | 1974-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1974.tb02777.x |
| PMID | 4822768 |
| OpenAlex | W2029040686 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
Integrated muscle action potentials were recorded from frontalis muscles as subjects listened to a tape‐recorded story through headphones. Subjects were tested once only in alone, audience or concealed‐audience situations after a period of relaxation. The three experimental groups contained equal numbers of men and women and were matched for EMG resting levels and EMG gradients obtained in previous experimental sessions. It was found that levels of muscle tension were generally higher in the audience and concealed‐audience conditions than in the alone condition. The group differences did not tend to diminish with time and there were no sex differences. The results are discussed in terms of the ‘mere presence’ theory of social facilitation
Acoustics · Action (physics) · Audiology · Developmental psychology · Electromyography · Facilitation · Headphones · Period (music) · Relaxation (psychology) · Social facilitation · Test (biology) · Action Observation and Synchronization · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Neuroscience · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Social Psychology
Drive theory of social facilitation
Social facilitation of laughter in children
An Electromyographic Study of Apprehension about Evaluation
Eye Contact, Physical Proximity and Laughter
Evaluative Observation in a Concealed Information Test
Teacher perceptions of student behavior as a function of class size
Measuring responses to humor
Humorous laughter in children
Evaluation apprehension and social facilitation
Mere presence effects in humans
The importance of familiarization with the history of experimental social psychology
The effect of mere presence on social facilitation
The self-attention-induced feedback loop and social facilitation
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1973 - 2019 (47) |
| Highly cited | No |