What Do Social Loafing and Decision Polarization Have in Common

question 18

Multiple Choice

What do social loafing and decision polarization have in common?

• A) Group decisions become more extreme, so that individuals who are naturally lazy become even more so.
• B) Some people do not pay their "fair share," which causes groups to polarize into smaller groups.
• C) Both effects show how individualism is maintained even within groups that exert considerable peer pressure.
• D) Both are examples of how individuals and groups of people behave differently within larger groups than they would behave as individuals.

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