Steven Karau and Kipling Williams (1993)reviewed More Than 150 Studies

question 103

Multiple Choice

Steven Karau and Kipling Williams (1993) reviewed more than 150 studies on social loafing and found that the tendency to loaf is stronger in men than in women.Why is this true,according to the authors of your text?

• A)Men typically occupy positions of higher status than women.
• B)Women's tasks are typically more complex than typical male tasks.
• C)Women are more collectivistic and men are more individualistic.
• D)Men have more power than women and can therefore induce women to do more work.
• E)Women tend to feel more self-conscious in group.

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Definitions:

Zygote

The initial cell formed when a sperm cell and an ovum (egg cell) merge at conception, representing the earliest stage of a developing organism.

Secondary Oocyte

A cell resulting from the first division of meiosis in oogenesis, which will become an ovum after the second meiotic division if fertilization occurs.

Spermatocyte

A type of cell that undergoes meiosis to form sperm cells in the male reproductive system.