Lesyk and Bebo Are Arguing About Whether Playing in a Team

question 110

Multiple Choice

Lesyk and Bebo are arguing about whether playing in a team tug-of-war makes a person work more or less than playing it one on one. Lesyk argues that it makes you loaf because of diffusion of responsibility. Bebo presents the opposite argument; the situation would make you work harder because of

• A)the facility reciprocation effect.
• B)the foot-in-the-door technique.
• C)social facilitation.
• D)all of these

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Definitions:

Marginal Product

The addition to total output due to the use of one more unit of a variable input, keeping all other inputs constant.

Profit-maximizing

The process or strategy of adjusting production and prices to achieve the highest possible profit, taking into account costs and market demand.

Marginal Product

The additional output that results from using one more unit of a particular input, holding all other inputs constant.

Wage

The fixed regular payment, typically calculated on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis, made by an employer to an employee, especially to manual or unskilled workers.