AP PSYCHOLOGY

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SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

GROUP BEHAVIOR

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Zach is devout and very active in his church. He is also a very dedicated employee. His manager offers him a promotion but the new role will require him to work Sundays. Zach would like the promotion, but realizes that it would force him to miss some church activities. It is likely that Zach is experiencing which of the following?
A
role conflict
B
role expectation
C
role perception
D
psychological conflict
E
cognitive reactance
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Employees with a high level of job involvement strongly identify with and really care about the kind of work they do.

Detailed explanation-2: -What term(s) indicates the tendency of individuals to spend less effort when working collectively? Social loafing is the tendency for individuals to expend less effort when working in a group than when working individually.

Detailed explanation-3: -Social loafing refers to the concept that people are prone to exert less effort when working collectively as part of a group compared to performing a task alone.

Detailed explanation-4: -C) social loafing. Research conducted by various researchers has proved that an individual will exert a substantial amount of effort when working for a task alone and exert fewer efforts when working collectively as a team or as a group. This condition is commonly called social loafing.

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