AP PSYCHOLOGY

SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

VISION SENSORY AND PERCEPTUAL PROCESSING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Social loafing is to social facilitation as
A
slacking is to trying hard.
B
helping is to ignoring.
C
altruism is to apathy.
D
a pep talk is to a scolding.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In social facilitation, the presence of others enhances performance. In social loafing, the presence of others diminishes performance. This is often due to the fact that people put in less effort when responsibility is shared with others.

Detailed explanation-2: -Social loafing, also known as “lurking", greatly affects the development and growth of online communities. The term social loafing refers to the tendency for individuals to expend less effort when working collectively than when working individually.

Detailed explanation-3: -Social facilitation is a social phenomenon in which being in the presence of others improves individual task performance. That is, people do better on tasks when they are with other people rather than when they are doing the task alone.

Detailed explanation-4: -What Promotes Social Loafing? Group Size: The larger the group, the more likely it is that social loafing will occur.

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