Recall That in One Condition of an Experiment Conducted by Gerald

question 196

Multiple Choice

Recall that in one condition of an experiment conducted by Gerald Stasser (Stasser & Titus,1985) ,all group members had access to the same information,and that 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)focus discussion on the information that all members know.
• B)often ignore dissenting opinions.
• C)seldom can agree on who is most expert.
• D)avoid differences of opinion,given conformity pressures.

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