ABSTRACT
The chief difference between mankind and the cockroach is that the one continually bitches over his fate while the other stoically plods on, uncomplaining, with never a glance backward nor a sigh for what might have been. The chief difference between mankind and the cockroach is that the one continually bitches over his fate while the other stoically plods on, uncomplaining, with never a glance backward nor a sigh for what might have been. Zajonc and his colleagues predicted that, even among cockroaches, simply being in the presence of others would facilitate performance on a simple task, and inhibit performance on a complex task. This is highly unlikely that the audience roaches were communicating through sound or gesture hints to the performing cockroaches on the runway but not in the maze. This strongly suggests that it was the mere presence of other roaches that mattered, nothing else. mysterious cockroach, human social behavior, Zajonc, Blatta Orientalis, roach audience,
