Social loafing
What Social loafing means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definitions of Social loafing
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Reference: AQA
A team member reduces effort because individual contribution becomes harder to identify, responsibility feels shared, or they assume others will cover the work.
An individual reduces effort because contribution is hard to identify.
Topics that use Social loafing
- Group dynamics (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Collective Efficacy
- Cooperation
- Faulty group processes
- Goal setting and role clarity
- Group Dynamics
- Group formation
- Identifiability of contribution
- Identifiability of individual contribution
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