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6. According to Karau and Williams (1993), social loafing can be limited by....
- Deciding individuals inputs as a group
- Have smaller groups
- Identifying individuals inputs
- Anonymising individuals inputs
7. What does Latane (1981) believe in disagreement with Asch (1955)?
- Each person adds to the minority's impact
- Each person lessens the minority's impact
- Each person adds to the majority's impact
- Each person lessens the majority's impact
8. What is social loafing?
- Lose a sense of personal identity in a group
- Presence of others increases arousal and subsequent dominant responses
- Reduction in individual effort when people work in a group
- Encouragement from others leads to greater arousal at success
9. What are the three-component processes of deindividuation?
- Situational input, internal state, behavioural consequences
- Dispositional input, internal state, behavioural factors
- Situational input, external state, behavioural consequences
- Dispositional input, external state, behavioural factors
10. When can loafing be reduced?
- Being in a smaller group
- Being in a larger group
- Communicating online
- Communicating offline
11. Who suggested the social impact theory, in opposition to Asch's?
- Latane
- Milgram
- Strodtbeck
- Allport
12. At how many people does Asch (1955) suggest the majority effect levels off?
13. What percentage of noise reduction was found per person in a group (Latane et al., 1979)?
14. What is a criticism of Strodtbeck's mock juries?
- Women weren't included
- The sample wasn't representative
- The data was fabricated
- Not very ecologically valid
15. How does Zajonc suggest that performance on simple tasks can be improved?
- In a dark room
- In silence
- Mere presence of others
- When alone
16. What is deindividuation theory not usually associated with?
- Peers at school
- Psychological state online
- Mob violence
- Religious ceremonies
17. What is the alternative explanation (Monteil & Huguet, 1999) for drive theory?
- Increased arousal leads to narrowing of attention on to relevant cues
- Increased arousal leads to recessive responses
- Increased arousal leads to group agreement
- Increased arousal leads to more agreement with similar people
18. What is drive theory?
- Encouragement from others leads to greater arousal at success
- Presence of others increases arousal and subsequent dominant responses
- Reduction in individual effort when people work in a group
- Lose a sense of personal identity in a group