Question

The teacher decides to let your class get in groups of four to complete the homework. Your effort on this group task will tend to be less than the effort you would have expended if the task had been completed as individual homework. This illustrates the principle of?

Answer 1

Answer:

Social loafing  

Explanation:

Social loafing: In psychology, the term social loafing refers to the phenomenon in which different people are liable to exert fewer efforts if they are doing a piece of work as compared to the work they will do when they are alone. In social loafing, the aim of people working in a group is a way of improving the accomplishment of various tasks by the talents and skills of the people being involved in the group.

In the question above, the given statement illustrates the principle of social loafing.