Latane, Williams, and Harkins, in their classic study of social loafing,
a. discovered loafing was eliminated when groups set clear goals.
b. manipulated the indefinability of each member by having groups work in a dark room.
c. distinguished between productivity losses due to loafing and losses due to lack of coordination.
d. examined how rapidly people working in a pickle factory packed pickles.
e. concluded that cognitive dissonance was a primary cause of social loafing.
c. distinguished between productivity losses due to loafing and losses due to lack of coordination.
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