The Influence of Task Difficulty Level on Academic Social Loafing

Musdalifah Ansar; M. Ahkam Alwi; Nurfitriany Fakhri; Muh Daud

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The Influence of Task Difficulty Level on Academic Social Loafing

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Musdalifah Ansar¹, M. Ahkam Alwi¹, Nurfitriany Fakhri¹^{, *}, Muh Daud¹

¹Psychology Faculty, Makassar State University, Makassar, Indonesia

^*Corresponding author. Email: nurfitriany.fakhri@unm.ac.id

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Nurfitriany Fakhri

Available Online 17 January 2023.

DOI: 10.2991/978-2-494069-35-0_141 How to use a DOI?
Keywords: Task difficulty level; Social loafing; Student
Abstract: This study aims to determine the effect of the level of task difficulty on social loafing. The research subjects were students of class XII IPA SMAN X Makassar, totaling 120 students. The method used in this research is the experimental method, research design used in this study was a quasi-experimental 2 × 2 factorial design. The results showed that: (1) Subjects with an easy task level performed better in a particular context than subjects who were given tasks in a group context (high social loafing), with a significance value of 0.0065 (p < 0.05). (2) Subjects with a problematic task level performed as well in a particular context as subjects given a task in a group context (low social loafing), with a significance value of 0.265 (p > 0.05). This study illustrates that the higher the task difficulty level, the lower the social loafing in a group. This research is helpful for teachers as input in giving assignments to students to increase student activity further when working in groups.
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the Unima International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities (UNICSSH 2022)
Series: Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date: 17 January 2023
ISBN: 10.2991/978-2-494069-35-0_141
ISSN: 2352-5398
DOI: 10.2991/978-2-494069-35-0_141 How to use a DOI?
Open Access: Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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