AP PSYCHOLOGY

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

GROUP BEHAVIOR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following are reasons for social loafing?
A
Feel less accountable
B
View individual efforts as dispensable
C
Overestimate own contrubitions
D
Downplay others contributions
E
All of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Social loafing is due to a decrease in social awareness whereby individuals can resist efforts to fully engage in teamwork. Most researchers believe that the reasons why social loafing occurs is that it is motivational in nature (Karau & Williams, 1993).

Detailed explanation-2: -In social psychology, social loafing is the phenomenon of a person exerting less effort to achieve a goal when they work in a group than when working alone. It is seen as one of the main reasons groups are sometimes less productive than the combined performance of their members working as individuals.

Detailed explanation-3: -What Promotes Social Loafing? Group Size: The larger the group, the more likely it is that social loafing will occur.

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