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mpobi80

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Research into social loafing and group performance showed that countries like China and Israel with collectivist cultures found that:
 
  A) social loafing occurs as much as in individualistic cultures like the U.S.
  B) workers performed better in groups than they did alone.
  C) workers performed well in small groups but loafed in larger groups.
  D) individuals outperformed groups in all but a very few tasks.

Question 2

The government of one of the counties near Disney World in Florida predicted a modest 6 percent growth in tourism for 1992 over 1991.
 
  The actual amount of tourism in 1992, which affects the taxes the county can collect, was down in comparison to 1991. Further investigation showed that the 1991 numbers were higher than usual because of the Gulf War, when many Americans chose not to travel abroad. The county planners had apparently been biased by the ________.
  A) availability heuristic
  B) representative heuristic
  C) anchoring and adjustment heuristic
  D) recent-event heuristic



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C



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