Effects of Sex of Children and Experimenters on Social Facilitation.

Fouts, Gregory T.

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ERIC Number: ED143971

Record Type: RIE

Publication Date: 1977

Pages: 7

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Effects of Sex of Children and Experimenters on Social Facilitation.

Fouts, Gregory T.

Boys and girls (10-11 years) responded in a speed task faster in the presence than absence of an audience. Children were faster with the same-than opposite-sexed audiences. The results were discussed in terms of same-sex competitive motives, sex-stereotypes, and opposite-sex distractability. (Author)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Audiences, Behavioral Science Research, Children, Competition, Interaction, Learning Theories, Motivation, Sex Differences, Sex Stereotypes, Task Performance

Publication Type: Reports - Research

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Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association (Chicago, Illinois, May 5-7, 1977)