Social Loafing Is Reduced When ________

question 103

Multiple Choice

Social loafing is reduced when ________.

• A)each group member makes a unique contribution to the task
• B)the group is composed of both male and female members
• C)group members' commitment to the group's success is decreased
• D)each participant's effort is blended with other people's efforts in such a way that any participant's effort is indistinguishable from that of others
• E)the apparent value of the task is minimized

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Definitions:

Ekman's Idea

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Core Affect

A fundamental psychological state underlying mood and emotions, representing the most basic feelings of pleasure or displeasure and arousal or sleepiness.

Pleasantness and Arousal

Dimensions used in emotion research, indicating respectively how positive or negative an emotion is, and how much it physiologically activates or excites an individual.

Circumplex Dimensionality

A conceptual framework for organizing interrelated variables in a circular structure, often used in personality and emotion research.