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Johnson is an accomplished high school basketball player, but Franklin is still learning basketball. Whereas Johnson usually hits 75 of his free throws during practice, Franklin makes only 25 of his.
 
  However, during the last big game, Johnson made 85 of his free throws and Franklin made only 15 of his. This finding is predicted by research on
  A) social polarization.
  B) social facilitation.
  C) social loafing.
  D) deindividuation.

Question 2

Social facilitation is the process
 
  A) of losing one's sense of personal identity when in a group.
  B) through which the presence of others increases the likelihood of dominant responses.
  C) through which the presence of other group members leads to decreased individual effort.
  D) through which a group's initially negative opinion becomes even more negative after discussion.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B



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