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What is the nature of this influence? What impact does the presence of others have on our performance? We will discuss two situations : an individual performing an activity alone in the presence of others (social facilitation), and an individual performing an activity along with the others as part of a larger group (social loafing).Since social facilitation has been briefly discussed in Chapter 6, we would try to understand the phenomenon of social loafing in this section.” “They wouldn't make you manager straight off, Soaf.When they reached Sophie's street Jansie said, “It's only a few months away now, Soaf, you really should be sensible.This points to a phenomenon referred to as 'social loafing'.Social loafing may be reduced by: Making the efforts of each person identifiable.You will read about social loafing in the next chapter.Diffusion of responsibility, which is often the basis of social loafing, can also be frequently seen in situations where people are expected to help.Social loafing is a reduction in individual effort when working on a collective task, i.e. one in which outputs are pooled with those of other group members.” Jansie said, hushed, “You can trust me, Soaf, you know that.Why was it so? Was it for the love of the loaf? Not at all.This phenomenon is called social loafing, based on diffusion of responsibility.