The Observation That Individual Performance Within a Group Decreases as the Number

question 6

Multiple Choice

The observation that individual performance within a group decreases as the number of people in a group increases is known as:

• A) the Ringelmann effect
• B) the group size effect
• C) the social slacking effect
• D) the law of effect

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