The Tendency for the Presence of Other People to Increase

question 12

Multiple Choice

The tendency for the presence of other people to increase performance on easy tasks and impair performance on difficult tasks is known as

• A)social loafing.
• B)social facilitation.
• C)group polarization.
• D)groupthink.

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Definitions:

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