Since Group Results Cannot Be Attributed to Any Single Person

question 39

Multiple Choice

Since group results cannot be attributed to any single person, the relationship between an individual's input and the group's output is clouded and this increases the possibility of ________.

• A) self-concordance
• B) emotional contagion
• C) negative offset
• D) social loafing
• E) emotional labor

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Definitions:

Automatic Processing

The unconscious encoding of information regarding space, time, frequency, and the meaning of words which happens without effort.

Sensory Memory

The ability to keep sensory information impressions for a brief period after the initial stimuli are no longer present, representing the most fleeting aspect of memory.

Meaningful Encoding

The process of converting information into a form that can be stored in memory, using associations with knowledge already stored in the memory to make the new information more memorable.

Proactive Interference

The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information.