Individual Members of a Large Group Often Neglect Their Responsibilities

question 68

Multiple Choice

Individual members of a large group often neglect their responsibilities when a task needs to be completed because it is impossible for any one person to receive credit or blame. This phenomenon is called

• A) regression toward the mean.
• B) groupthink.
• C) group polarization.
• D) social loafing.

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Definitions:

Free Association

A therapeutic method in psychoanalysis where the individual speaks their thoughts freely without self-censorship to delve into the unconscious.

Defense Mechanisms

In psychoanalytic theory, the ego’s protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality.

Inferiority Complex

A psychological phenomenon in which individuals feel deep-seated insecurity and inadequacy, often subconscious.

Preconscious

The part of the mind that contains information that is not currently in conscious awareness but can be easily brought into consciousness.