Question

The results of Zajonc's study on cockroaches and social facilitation showed __________. a) the presence of other cockroaches facilitated performance in all conditions b) the presence of other cockroaches decreased performance in all conditions c) the presence of other cockroaches enhanced performance, but only in a simple task d) the presence of other cockroaches enhanced performance, but only on a difficult task.

Answer 1

Answer: C The results of Zajonc's study on cockroaches and social facilitation showed that the presence of other cockroaches enhanced performance, but only in a simple task.

Answer 2

Answer:

c) the presence of other cockroaches enhanced performance, but only in a simple task

Explanation:

Zajonc conducted the famous experiment with cockroaches. He designed a couple of different mazes to test whether having an audience of other cockroaches would affect how quickly the roaches ran through the mazes. One was a simple maze, and the other was a more complicated maze.

The experimenters found that cockroaches completed the easy maze more quickly when they had an audience and a pair, but they completed the complicated maze more slowly when they had a pair and an audience. Similar results in humans and this led to his theory of social facilitation. The factor was known as social inhibition.