The teacher decides to let your class get in groups of four to complete the homework. Your effort on this group task will be less than the effort you would have expended if the task had been completed as individual homework. What does this illustrate the principle of?
a. mere presence.
b. group conformity.
c. social loafing.
d. social facilitation.
c. social loafing.
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a. ideas of reference c. loosening of associations b. negative affective symptoms d. thought insertion
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Which of the following is an unconscious process in which people see their own faults in other people, thus, protecting themselves against the anxiety they would feel if they discerned these faults in themselves?
a. reaction formation b. denial c. projection d. sublimation
The failure of integration in the schools to reduce prejudice is often caused by
a. equal-status contact among students. b. the creation of superordinate goals. c. the competitive nature of the schools. d. the failure of most schools to truly integrate.