Norman triplett conducted what is widely regarded as social psychology’s first experiment. he found that children tended to perform a relatively easy task better while in the presence of another child doing the same task. this finding set the stage for research on
a. social loafingb. groupthinkc. social facilitation

Read the following: (1) liz has become more responsive to her partner's advances since a really beautiful woman moved in next door; (2) unable to accept his desire for other young men, 15-year-old juan immerses himself into his studies; (3) shauntel tells people that her coworker mary dislikes her; though if she were honest, shauntel would realize that it is actually she who dislikes mary; (4) "ben's nasty; he's disgusting," says renee; but renee secretly finds ben attractive. describe the defense mechanism he or she is using.