In a Brainstorming Session of Ten Team Members,three Team Members

question 32

Multiple Choice

In a brainstorming session of ten team members,three team members are contributing very little to the session,thereby making the high performing members feel like "deviants" from the low group average.Social comparison may make the high performing group members overly conscious of their above-average work level,and begin to match their performance to the least productive members.This phenomenon is best described as:

• A)cognitive goal setting.
• B)divergent thinking.
• C)exploitation.
• D)performance matching

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