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Originally Posted by cutedimples
Yes. And I'm applying for grad school the end of next year. 
That could be Social Loafing, in which people put more effort when they work alone than in a group, but that applies to for example a personal project vs a group project so not sure if that matches your case.
That could also be Social Facilitation, in which people do better on things that they are already good at, when there are more people watching. For things they they are not good at, it's better for them to work alone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_facilitation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_loafing |
Thanks for that cutedimples, very interesting. It is something that I'd like to understand more as when I was young I was mainly playing sports and being average in the classroom. At around 17 I decided I better get some qualifications, that's when I started locking myself away in my room to learn. Eventually ended up finishing highest in the UK for Advanced Level Mathematics, all went very well from there on up, but lectures were always pretty much a waste of time for me, all that mattered was what I studied on my own.