Your Organization Has Recently Started Using Group Decision Making

question 103

Multiple Choice

Your organization has recently started using group decision making. You are most likely to observe that ________.

• A) group decision making is slower than individual decision making
• B) group decision making leads to decreased acceptance of the solution
• C) groups generate less information and knowledge than individuals
• D) group decisions are less creative than individual decisions
• E) group decisions are more accurate than the judgments of the most accurate individual in the group

Identify the effects of systematic evaluation, escalation of commitment, and post-decisional justification on decision quality.

Grasp how implicit favorites and satisficing play into decision strategies.

Understand the role and basis of intuition in decision-making.

Comprehend the emotional aspects of decision-making and preference formation.

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Definitions:

American Participants

A term often used in research studies indicating the individuals taking part in the study are from the United States.

Social Cues

Nonverbal or environmental signals that are interpreted by individuals to guide their social interactions.

Ultimate Attribution Error

Tendency to attribute bad outgroup and good ingroup behaviour internally, and to attribute good outgroup and bad ingroup behaviour externally.

Scapegoating

The practice of unfairly blaming an individual or group for problems or negative outcomes, often to divert attention from the real causes.