A Professor Assigns a Group Project

question 6

Multiple Choice

A professor assigns a group project.In one group,Darin does nearly all the work.Martin,Aaid,and Abbey seem to shirk responsibility,assuming that because it's a group,someone else will pull the extra weight.Viewed with a sociological lens,this is:

• A) Malthusian inevitability.
• B) academic stratification.
• C) the balanced principle.
• D) the free rider problem.

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