Murial often tastes free samples of different foods while grocery shopping.She eats many more of these free samples when the grocery store is crowded with shoppers than when there are only a few other shoppers.This best illustrates the impact of
A) unit bias.
B) neophobia.
C) the ecology of eating.
D) social facilitation.

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Social facilitation refers to the tendency for people to perform better on simple tasks and worse on complex tasks when they are in the presence of others and their individual performance can be evaluated. In this case, Murial is eating more free samples when the grocery store is crowded with other shoppers, likely because being in the presence of others is influencing her behavior.

Murial Often Tastes Free Samples of Different Foods While Grocery