_____ refers to the tendency of people to perform better on simple tasks and worse on complex tasks when others are present.

A. Social loafing
B. Deindividuation
C. Contingent performance
D. Social facilitation


Answer: D. Social facilitation

Psychology

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a. more b. less c. equally d. We cannot tell.

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A) treatment B) placebo C) nonspecific treatment D) paratreatment

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a. power assertion b. induction c. love withdrawal d. the time-out technique

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