Both social facilitation and social loafing are manifestations of the influence that the presence of others have on our behaviors. These phenomena differ, however, in that presence of others ______ in social facilitation situations and _______ in social loafing situations.

A. increases evaluation apprehension; decreases evaluation apprehension
B. impairs performance on simple tasks; impairs performance on complex tasks
C. decreases arousal; increases arousal
D. enhances performance on simple tasks; impairs performance on complex tasks.


Answer: A. increases evaluation apprehension; decreases evaluation apprehension

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