The immersion of an individual within a group, leading to anonymity, is called ____.
a. social loafing
b. groupthink
c. deindividuation
d. group polarity
Question 2
Individual, gender, cultural, and task variables interact to produce social loafing. Who has the greatest potential for social loafing?
a. Diana is a female from a Western culture, enjoys intellectual challenges, and is writing a legal brief with a team.
b. Mei is a female from an Eastern culture and is preparing food for a large banquet with her extended family.
c. Yuanli is a male from an Eastern culture, enjoys intellectual tasks, and is preparing a report on legislative reform with his colleagues.
d. Robert is a male from a Western culture and is working in a group to pick up trash along the highway.
An individual affected by xeroderma pigmentosum
Colon with diverticulosis. An inflamed or infected diverticulum is called diverticulitis.
Social History Questions
Vienna: Social Structure and Social Interaction
Peer group activity of adolescents
Monophyletic vs. paraphyletic group