14.3 Working With Others: The Costs and Benefits of Social Groups

Question 1

social facilitation

Answer 1

• the tendency to perform tasks better or faster in the presence of others

Question 2

social inhibition

Answer 2

• the tendency to perform tasks more poorly or more slowly in the presence of others

Question 3

social loafing

Answer 3

• a group process loss that occurs when people do not work as hard in a group as they do when they are working alone

Question 4

illusion of group productivity

Answer 4

• the tendency for group members to overvalue the productivity of the groups they work in