Meera and her friends are practising a song for an upcoming competition. Meera started to lip sync thinking that this is only for rehearsal and her other friends are singing loud enough. Identify the phenomena Meera was engaging in:

Social loafing

The correct answer is Option (2) → Social loafing

Social loafing refers to the phenomenon where individuals exert less effort when working in a group than when working alone, assuming others will pick up the slack. Meera, by lip-syncing and relying on her friends to sing loudly during rehearsal, demonstrates reduced individual effort typical of social loafing.