Roger, Sabiha, Emily, and George are working on a group paper for a class. How would one go about reducing the likelihood of Emily engaging in social loafing?
a) Convince Emily that her contribution is unique.
b) Have Sabiha confront Emily about her performance.
c) Limit Emily's input into group decision-making processes.
d) Ask Emily to demonstrate her competence to complete the task.
Question 2
Paul, Sarah, Deborah, and George are working on a research paper for their social psychology class. They can reduce social loafing by ________.
a) ensuring that each member of the group can do the work that is being done by other team members
b) having each team member initial the parts of the paper she or he completed
c) discussing the issue of social facilitation before working on the paper
d) acknowledging that the paper counts for only a small part of their grade in the class
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