An Individual Who Exerts Less Effort When Working on a Group

question 66

Multiple Choice

An individual who exerts less effort when working on a group task if individual contributions will not be evaluated is engaging in what is called

• A) cognitive dissonance.
• B) social loafing.
• C) pluralistic ignorance.
• D) groupthink.

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Definitions:

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