Ingham and Colleagues (1974)asked Participants to Pull on a Rope

question 35

Multiple Choice

Ingham and colleagues (1974) asked participants to pull on a rope and found that participants pulled almost 20 percent harder when they thought they were pulling alone than when they thought they were part of a group.This finding best illustrates

• A)social loafing.
• B)a social dilemma.
• C)groupthink.
• D)social facilitation.

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