Kenny hates working on school projects in groups, because he has noticed that most group members don't try as hard as they would if they were working alone. Kenny has noticed the phenomenon of
A) group think.
B) laissez-faire leadership.
C) social loafing.
D) leadership emergence.
Answer: C
Rationale: Social loafing is particularly detrimental to group success: It occurs when some group members produce less effort on a team than they do alone.
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