In One Condition of an Experiment Conducted by Gerald Stasser

question 31

Multiple Choice

In one condition of an experiment conducted by Gerald Stasser (Stasser & Titus,1985) ,all group members had access to the same information,and in another condition,members had unique information that other group members didn't know.In the second (unshared information) condition,the group made a worse decision than in the first (shared information) condition.This occurred because groups

• A) often engage in social loafing.
• B) seldom can agree on who is most expert.
• C) avoid differences of opinion, given conformity pressures.
• D) often ignore dissenting opinions.
• E) focus discussion on the information that all members know.

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