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Mr. Wonderful

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on: Jun 22, 2018
The tendency for the presence of other people to increase performance on easy tasks and impair performance on difficult tasks is known as
 
  a. social loafing.
  b. social facilitation.
  c. group polarization.
  d. groupthink.

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Which criticism has been leveled against social psychology in the 1960s and 1970s?
 
  a. The discipline failed to address topics of social relevance.
  b. The discipline failed to distinguish itself from other fields of psychology.
  c. Researchers had not yet agreed upon a conventional methodology.
  d. The findings were limited to current historical circumstances.


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shailee

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

d


Mr. Wonderful

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Excellent

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