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Peer reviewedCallaway, Michael R.; Esser, James K. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1984
Tested Janis' groupthink formulation with 126 students by manipulating group cohesiveness and adequacy of decision procedures in a factorial design. Results showed highest quality decisions were produced by groups of intermediate cohesiveness. Highly cohesive groups without adequate decision procedures (the groupthink condition) tended to make the…
Descriptors: College Students, Decision Making, Group Unity, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWheeless, Lawrence R.; And Others – Small Group Behavior, 1982
Examined the relationship between the social and task dimensions of small groups. Developed a measure of group members' feelings of cohesion. Demonstrated that perceptions about the quality of group interactions, goal attainment, group satisfaction, and group solidarity are significantly and positively related. (RC)
Descriptors: College Students, Group Dynamics, Group Experience, Group Unity
Download full textKnowles, Eric S. – 1972
The question whether individual study of risk problems (familiarization) leads to greater risk taking was investigated. Several explanations of the risk taking shifts are explicit in their requirement for group or social interaction. Investigations of whether risk shifts can be produced in the absence of group interaction have produced conflicting…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
