Social facilitation refers to the tendency for people to perform better on tasks when other people are present. In simple terms, being around others can boost our performance. Full definition
Dartmouth College social psychologist Todd Heatherton notes, «It's all too sad to see neuroscientists thinking they invented a concept, such as people working harder in the presence of others, when we have known about social facilitation for more than a century.» (sciencemag.org)
Social facilitation convinces dogs to copy another dog's behavior, such as when one pooch barks at the mail carrier and the rest of the dogs on the block do the same. (petpeoplesplace.com)
«This process is called social facilitation.» (fox19.com)