What is meant by 'Social Loafing'?
It has been found the individuals work less hard in a group than they do when performing alone. This point to a phenomenon referred to as social loafing. It 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. An example of such a task is the game of tug-of-war.
It is not possible for us to identify how much force each. Member of the team has been exerting.
They varied the group six, individual were either alone or in a group of two, four and six. The results of the study showed that although the total amount of noise rose up, as sixes increased, the amount of noise produced by each participant dropped.
What are the different types of psychotherapy? Explain the principles on which humanistic existential therapy is based.