The Tendency of Group Members to Exert Less Effort When

question 60

Multiple Choice

The tendency of group members to exert less effort when they work in groups than they would exert if they were acting alone is known as:

• A) social facilitation.
• B) self-serving bias.
• C) groupthink.
• D) social loafing.
• E) fundamental attribution error.

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