It Is a Strange Thing

Multiple Choice

It is a strange thing. If I ask five people to independently work on a project, they will complete each of their parts in less than an hour. However, if I put those people together, it takes about three times longer to get the same job done. In psychology, this is referred to as:

A) a disjunctive task
B) social facilitation
C) social impairment
D) social loafing