People Who Exert Less Effort on a Task When Working

question 217

Multiple Choice

People who exert less effort on a task when working in a group than they do when working individually are engaging in

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

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Definitions:

Adapt Environment

The process by which individuals or groups adjust to changes in their surrounding environmental conditions to improve compatibility and comfort.

Create Culture

The process of cultivating shared values, beliefs, norms, and practices that define a group or organization.

Define Culture

The shared knowledge, behaviors, social norms, art, beliefs, and customs of a group of people.

Postmodernism

An intellectual stance or mode of discourse defined by an attitude of skepticism toward what it describes as the grand narratives and ideologies of modernism, emphasizing pluralism, relativism, and diversity.