You Are a Member of a Group of 5 People

question 100

Multiple Choice

You are a member of a group of 5 people whose task it is to address and stuff 1,000 envelopes for mailing.Research on ____ suggests that it would be better to give each person 200 envelopes to address alone,whereas research on ____ suggests that it would be better to have everyone work on the task together in the same room.

• A)deindividuation; social loafing
• B)social loafing; deindividuation
• C)social loafing; social facilitation
• D)social facilitation; social loafing

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Definitions:

Fixed Costs

Costs that do not change with the level of production or sales activities, such as rent, salaries, and insurance.

Operating Leverage

A measure of how sensitive a company's operating income is to changes in revenue, indicating the degree to which fixed costs are utilized.

Absorption Costing

An accounting method that includes all manufacturing costs (direct materials, direct labor, and both variable and fixed overhead) in the cost of a product.

Variable Costing

A costing method that includes only variable production costs—direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead—in unit product costs.