Psychology GCSE
Social loafing
What Social loafing means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Social loafing
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Reference: AQA
Reduced individual effort when responsibility is shared and contribution cannot be identified, so a crowd member may stand back during a rescue.
Topics that use Social loafing
- Social influence (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Adorno's theory of the authoritarian personality
- Authority
- Bystander intervention
- Characteristics and link to obedience
- Cost of helping
- Culture
- Deindividuation
- Morality
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