Social Facilitation, Social Loafing, and Deindividuation (7B) Practice Test

In an experimental vignette, participants complete two tasks: (1) a simple reaction-time button press that they have practiced repeatedly, and (2) learning a new sequence of button presses they have never seen before. In one condition, they perform alone; in another, they perform while a small audience watches silently from behind a divider. The researcher is testing social facilitation.

Which pattern of results is most consistent with social facilitation?

A researcher observes a group task in which four participants are asked to generate as many alternate uses as possible for a common object within 6 minutes. In one condition, each person writes ideas on a separate sheet labeled with their name and is told their individual list will be reviewed. In another condition, the group submits a single combined list with no indication of who contributed what. The researcher is specifically evaluating social loafing.

Based on the setup, which outcome is most consistent with social loafing?