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BrownTown3 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

In the context of the research conducted by Latan, Williams, and Harkins (1979) on group productivity in the United States, which of the following is a factor that contributed to social loafing?

a) An increase in efforts by individuals when they work in groups as compared to when they work by themselves.
b) A reduction in efforts by individuals when they work by themselves as compared to when they work in groups.
c) Reduced efficiency resulting from a lack of coordination among workers' efforts resulting in lack of activity or duplicate activity.
d) Improved coordination among workers' efforts resulting in increased efficiency and productivity.

Question 2

_____ refers to the focusing of our limited capacities of consciousness on a particular set of stimuli.

a) Initiation
b) Aspiration
c) Perception
d) Attention