What is social loafing? Give suitable examples.

Solution

Social loafing is a reduction in individual effort when working on a collective task i.e. one in which outputs are pooled with those of other group members. Social loafing give enhancement to group members to become relaxed and become free riders.

For example, a group of male students are made to march to know how much noise people make in a social setting. The size of the group varied. The result of the study shows that although the total amount of noise went up as the size immersed, the amount of noise produced by each student dropped. The reason for such social loafing are:

Example – Tug of war
Experiment – clapping

The following are the ways to reduce social loafing:

Making the efforts to each person discernible.
Making people feel that their individual contribution is important.

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Attitude And Social Cognition

What is social loafing? Give suitable examples.

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