Social facilitation is a social phenomenon in which being in the presence of others improves individual task performance. That is, people do better on tasks when they are with other people rather than when they are doing the task alone.

Social facilitation is a social phenomenon in which being in the presence of others improves individual task performance. That is, people do better on tasks when they are with other people rather than when they are doing the task alone.

Social psychology is an enormous field of studies on people's thoughts, feelings, and beliefs are constructed within the context of interactions with other members of society. Why do we act differently around different people? How do...