Exam 10: Performance

Which of the following increases social loafing?

The presence of others increases productivity when the task requires dominant responses,but decreases performance when the task calls for nondominant responses.

You are the manager of a large group of people performing an additive task.What steps would you take to minimize the Ringelmann effect in general and social loafing in particular?

You are intrigued by the different performances shown by high-school swim team members when they are practicing alone,when swimming with others,and when watched by their coach.Draw on studies of social facilitation to offer predictions of when swimmers will turn in their best and worst times.

When people are distracted,they perform even simple tasks more poorly.

If group members can decide for themselves how their individual inputs are to be combined the task is a(n)___ one.

Use theory and research pertaining to social facilitation and social loafing to explain the productivity of a crew responsible for road repairs in a medium-size city.

Which of the following statements is true?

Fred,Ned,and Ted must make some party hats by folding up pieces of paper.When working alone,they could make ten hats an hour each.If the Ringelmann effect occurs,when Fred works with Ned they will turn out ___ hats an hour each,and when Ted joins them,they will turn out ___ hats an hour each.

Williams and Karau found that individuals would ___ other social loafing members if the task was meaningful.

Janet does not work as hard preparing notes for her study group because she knows Linda,"the brain," will do the work if she doesn't.Janet illustrates

The tendency for individuals to become less productive as group size increases is known as

The wisdom of the crowd effect was first documented by Francis Galton in the early 20th century.

Which of the following statements is true?

Eureka problems are to ___ tasks as non-Eureka problems are to ___ tasks.

Two things MUST happen for groups to solve disjunctive tasks.First,someone in the group must know the answer.Second,the

Social loafing occurs most often when individuals are highly motivated to achieve the group goal.

___ theory stresses the role cognitive factors,such as attention to the task,play in producing social facilitation.

When people feel anonymous,they work harder because they are free of evaluative pressure.

Which is the key to determining when social facilitation AND social loafing will or will not occur?