A psychology class has been assigned an individual case study project as well as a group project.The members of the group will receive the same grade for the group project but will be graded separately for their individual projects.Drew, Ben, Donna, and Julia are members of one such group.Drew and Donna worked very hard on the group project.Ben and Julia, however, did not contribute much to the group project because they felt that Drew and Donna would manage to get good grades for the group project.They focused their efforts on their individual projects instead.Ben and Julia's behavior is an example of:
A)groupthink.
B)staff validity.
C)self-serving bias.
D)social loafing.
E)attribution error.

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The behavior of Ben and Julia is an example of social loafing, which refers to the tendency for individuals to exert less effort in a group task when they believe their individual performance cannot be clearly evaluated or will not significantly impact the outcome. Ben and Julia did not contribute much to the group project because they relied on the efforts of Drew and Donna to get a good grade for the group project. Instead, they focused on their individual projects where their performance could be evaluated separately.

A Psychology Class Has Been Assigned an Individual Case Study