Norman triplet

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Norman triplet

Norman D. Triplett (born October 1, 1861 in Perry , Illinois , † 1934 in Manhattan , Kansas ) was an American psychologist .

Life

Triplett attended Perry High School in his birthplace and Illinois College in Jacksonville, and later the University of Indiana . In 1897, Triplett probably carried out one of the first social psychology experiments ever. (Since the Ringelmann experiment took place sometime between 1882 and 1887, it is now considered to be the first ever social-psychological experiment, even if it was only published in 1913, i.e. after Triplet's experiments on social facilitation.) It is one of the classic experiments on activation and Increase in performance in the presence of other people. Triplett observed that racing cyclists are faster when they compete against others than when they race against the clock ( social facilitation theory, so-called pacemaker phenomenon). Three years later, Triplett received his PhD from Clark University with a thesis on The Psychology of Conjuring Deceptions. Triplet was Granville Stanley Hall's second graduate student. In 1931 he retired from active service. In 1934 Triplet died in a hospital in Manhattan , Kansas . Norman Triplett and his wife Laura were buried in the Maplewood Memorial Cemetery in Emporia , Kansas.

Works (selection)

  • The dynamogenic factors in pacemaking and competition, Indiana University, 1898, (online version, PDF)
  • The Psychology of Conjuring Deceptions, The American Journal of Psychology, Vol 11 (4), Jul 1900, 439-510

literature

  • Stephen F. Davis, Matthew T. Huss, Angela H, Becker: Norman Triplett and The Dawning of Sport Psychology, in The Sport Psychologist, 1995, 9, 366-375, online version (PDF)
  • Helmut E. Lück : The experiment on the pacemaker phenomenon by Norman D. Triplett. A classic re-examined after 100 years, sportonomics 4, 87-83, 1998
  • Christopher D. Green, Ludy T. Benjamin: Psychology Gets in the Game - Sport, Mind and Behavior 1880-1960, Norman Triplett, pp. 106 ff., University of Nebraska Press, 2009, ISBN 9780803222267

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, Volume 1, History of Sport Psychology, Academic Press, 2012, ISBN 0122269209
  2. ↑ Cherie G. O'Boyle: History of Psychology - A Cultural Perspective, p. 264, Psychology Press, 2006, ISBN 0805856099
  3. ↑ Christopher D. Green, Ludy T. Benjamin: Psychology Gets in the Game - Sport, Mind and Behavior 1880-1960, Norman Triplett, p. 106, University of Nebraska Press, 2009
  4. ↑ Christopher D. Green, Ludy T. Benjamin: Psychology Gets in the Game - Sport, Mind and Behavior 1880-1960, Norman Triplett, p. 111, University of Nebraska Press, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Triplet, Norman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Triplet, Norman D.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Perry , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH 1934
Place of death Manhattan , Kansas