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The observation that individual performance within a group decreases as the number of people in a group increases is known as:
 
  a. the Ringelmann effect
  b. the group size effect
  c. the social slacking effect
  d. the law of effect

Question 2

Latan and colleagues (1979) found that groups of participants decreased their effort as the size of the group increased. This finding is called:
 
  a. social loafing
  b. group facilitation
  c. groupthink
  d. social laziness



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

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