____ Refers to the Tendency of People to Perform Better

question 51

Multiple Choice

____ refers to the tendency of people to perform better on simple tasks and worse on complex tasks when others are present.

• A)Social loafing
• B)Deindividuation
• C)Contingent performance
• D)Social facilitation

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Definitions:

Autokinetic Effect Studies

Psychological experiments that investigate how people perceive a stationary point of light in a dark room as moving due to the lack of visual references.

Norms

Shared beliefs or rules within a group about how members should behave in a given context, which help to guide and regulate individual behavior and promote group cohesion.

Injunctive Norms

Socially accepted rules or standards that dictate the behaviors that are approved or disapproved of within a society or group.

Evaluative Component

Part of an attitude that involves making a judgment about the goodness or badness of an object, person, or event.