In one of the first social psychological experiments ever conducted, researcher Norman Triplett built a "competition machine," in which children wind up a fishing reel. He found that the children were able to wind more quickly when ____.
A)they worked as a group side by side than when they worked alone
B)they worked alone than when they worked as a group side by side
C)they were explicitly asked to work as fast as possible
D)they were explicitly asked to take their time to "get it right"

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Triplett's experiment demonstrated the social facilitation effect, where individuals perform tasks better or faster in the presence of others than when alone.

In One of the First Social Psychological Experiments Ever Conducted