An Individual Who Exerts Less Effort When Working on a Group

question 96

Multiple Choice

An individual who exerts less effort when working on a group task if individual contributions will not be evaluated is engaging in what is called ________.

• A) social loafing
• B) social idleness
• C) social facilitation
• D) the goof-off phenomenon

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