How can you reduce social loafing in groups? Think of any two incidents of social loafing in school. How did you overcome it?
Social loading is a negative group influence. For the quality performance of the group, it should be reduced. It can be reduced through the following methods:
(i) By making the efforts of each person identifiable.
(ii) increasing the pressure to work hard (making group-members committed to successful tasks performance).
(iii) increasing the apparent importance or value of a task.
(iv) making people feel that their individual contribution is important.
(v) strengthening group cohesiveness which increases the motivation for successful group outcome.
Compare and contrast formal and informal groups, and in groups and out groups.
Are you a member of a certain group? Discuss what motivated are you to join that groups.
How does Tuckman's stage model help you to understand the formation of groups?
How do groups influence our behaviour?
