Deck 18: Many Hands Make Diminished Responsibility

Question 1

Sam has a tendency to contribute little effort to group assignments,as he thinks others will be sure to pick up the slack in an effort to get a good grade.Social psychologists would call Sam a

A)social facilitator.
B)free loafer.
C)free rider.
D)free loader.

Answer 1

free rider.

Question 2

When is social loafing least likely and most likely to occur?

Answer 2

Answers will vary

Question 3

Sam has a tendency contribute little effort to group assignments,as he thinks others will be sure to pick up the slack in an effort to get a good grade.This is an example of

A)social facilitation.
B)social loafing.
C)deindividuation.
D)mere presence.

Answer 3

social loafing.

Question 4

At your factory job,output was measured at the end of every day by how much the team of workers you belonged to produced.Because of this evaluation procedure,your behavior was characterized by _______;now that a new manager has taken over and each individual worker's output is measured by a computer,your behavior is now characterized by _______.

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

Question 5

Compare and contrast social loafing and social facilitation.

Question 6

When being observed increases evaluation concerns,_______ occurs;when being lost in a crowd decreases evaluation concerns,_______ occurs.

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

Question 7

People are more likely to exhibit social loafing if

A)their efforts are not rewarded.
B)rewards are divided according to individual effort.
C)rewards are divided equally regardless of individual effort.
D)they are individually monitored.

Question 8

When the output of collective farms and private plots were compared

A)the collective farms were more productive.
B)the private plots were more productive.
C)there was little difference between the two.
D)the output depended on the relationships within the group.

Question 9

According to your text,people in _______ cultures exhibit less social loafing than people in _______ cultures.

A)independent;dependent
B)dependent;independent
C)collectivistic;individualistic
D)individualistic;collectivistic

Question 10

Your psychology professor has assigned group projects to your class.She has chosen to individually grade each student's contribution to the assignment as an attempt to reduce

A)social facilitation.
B)social loafing.
C)minority influence.
D)group polarization.

Question 11

People in groups will loaf less when the

A)task is challenging,important,or involving.
B)task is difficult.
C)group members do not know each other.
D)task is not rewarded.

Question 12

found that when blindfolded participants thought they were pulling a tug of war with other participants,they _______ than when they thought they were pulling alone.

A)pulled more
B)pulled less
C)pulled the same amount
D)varied more in their pulling amount

Question 13

When individual efforts are pooled and not evaluated,evaluation apprehension is _______ and the probability of social loafing is _______.

A)high;low
B)low;high
C)high;high
D)low;low

Question 14

Sally's marching band is selling candy to raise money for new uniforms.All members are asked to sell candy bars.At the end of the month they will pool their money and make the purchase.This is an example of a(n)

A)additive task.
B)disjunctive task.
C)social loafing.
D)social facilitation.

Question 15

,participants were asked to shout and clap as loud as possible.Participants produced the most noise when they

A)thought they were shouting alone.
B)thought there was one other person shouting with them.
C)thought there were five other people shouting with them.
D)were not feeling any evaluation apprehension.

Question 16

_______ refers to the tendency for people to exert less effort when they pool their efforts toward a common goal than when they are individually accountable.

A)Social facilitation
B)Social loafing
C)Deindividuation
D)Mere presence

Question 17

Groups tend to loaf less when

A)the members of the group are friends.
B)they will never see each other again.
C)the members are dissimilar.
D)the members are strangers.