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Lamm, Helmut; And Others – J Personality Soc Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Students, Decision Making, Group Behavior
Download full textFischer, Donald G.; Burdeny, Terry C. – 1972
The effect of group composition on risk taking was investigated by having various 3-man groups discuss caution-oriented items. Results indicated: (1) only one of nine group types exhibited a significant shift to caution; (2) except for the homogeneous groups, in which there were no shifts, significant shifts in individual decisions did occur, at…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Decision Making, Group Behavior
Peer reviewedWall, Victor D., Jr.; And Others – Small Group Behavior, 1987
Examined relationship among amount of conflict experienced, the style of its management, individual satisfaction, and decision quality of small, task-oriented groups using 129 college student subjects in 24 groups. Data suggest a curvilinear relationship between the number of conflict episodes experienced by group members and the subsequent…
Descriptors: College Students, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making
RETTIG, SALOMON; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE COMBINED EFFECT OF AFFILIATION AND GROUP RESPONSIBILITY ON ETHICAL RISK TAKING IS EXAMINED. SUBJECTS WERE 150 MALE COLLEGE STUDENTS RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO THREE LEVELS OF AFFILIATION. THE TASK CONSISTED OF TRACING A LINE BETWEEN TWO CONCENTRIC CIRCLES WITHOUT TOUCHING EITHER CIRCLE. SUBJECTS REPORTED THEIR OWN "SUCCESSES" ON THE TASK,…
Descriptors: College Students, Decision Making, Group Behavior, Group Membership
Peer reviewedGallo, Philip; Sheposh, John – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Decision Making
Des Jarlis, Don – Psychol Rep, 1970
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Cultural Influences, Decision Making
Peer reviewedMcCauley, Clark; And Others – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Decision Making
Peer reviewedHartnett, John J. – Journal of Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Decision Making
Peer reviewedLane, Irving M.; And Others – Small Group Behavior, 1982
Examined if making group goals of decision acceptance and quality explicit versus leaving them unstated would influence the decision-making effectiveness of male and female interacting groups. Explicitly stating that group members should strive for acceptance increased group decision-making quality and increased individual acceptance of the group…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making
Saiyadain, Mirza S. – Psychol Rep, 1969
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Davis, James H.; And Others – J Personality Soc Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Decision Making, Group Behavior
Minton, Henry L.; Miller, Arthur G. – Psychol Rep, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, College Students
Peer reviewedBettenhausen, Kenneth; Murnighan, J. Keith – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1985
The behavior of 19 decision-making groups provided the basis for a model of the development of norms in newly formed groups. Data from the decision-making groups are used to illustrate the model, and implications for related research domains are discussed. Appended are 39 references. (MLF)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Behavior Standards, College Students, Decision Making
Peer reviewedSchultz, Beatrice – Communication Quarterly, 1982
Findings suggest, among others, that argumentativeness is an important variable in the perception of leadership, with the highly argumentative individual chosen leader over the moderate or mildly argumentative individual. Highly argumentative individuals were also rated as more influential on the group's decision. (PD)
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Research, Conflict, Decision Making
Peer reviewedPoole, Marshall Scott – Communication Monographs, 1981
Studies the sequence of phases in group decision making. Compares the unitary sequence model, which assumes that all groups follow the same sequence of phases, and the multiple sequence model, which assumes that different groups follow different sequences. Results support the latter model and suggest revisions in current decision development. (PD)
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Research, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills
