Question

Social loafing, conformity, and group polarization

Answer 1

Conformity to group pressures can also result in groupthink, or the faulty decision-making process that results from cohesive group members trying to maintain groupharmony. Group situations can improve human behavior through facilitating performance on easy tasks, but inhibiting performance on difficult tasks.

Answer 2

Social loafing refers to the concept that people are prone to exert less effort on a task if they are in a group versus when they work alone

Conformity is a type of social influence involving a change in belief or behavior in order to fit in with a group.

In social psychology, group polarization refers to the tendency for a group to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclination of its members. Example: After a discussion about racism, members of the group who are racist will defend their attitudes far more strongly than they would have beforehand.