Which Hypothesis Argues That Simply Having Other People in the Room

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which hypothesis argues that simply having other people in the room will help performance on easy tasks and hinder performance on difficult tasks

• A) coordination loss
• B) mere presence hypothesis
• C) evaluation apprehension hypothesis
• D) process loss

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