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Vidmar, Neil – J Exp Soc Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Affiliation Need, Behavior Patterns, Decision Making, Group Behavior
Download full textRETTIG, 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
Cline, Timothy R.; Cline, Rebecca J. – Southern Speech Communication Journal, 1979
Identifies and compares the patterns of communication of groups making risky and cautious decision shifts. Risky- and cautious-shift group discussions displayed nonrandom and statistically different distributional and sequential structures. Findings are discussed in terms of two explanations of the risky- shift phenomenon. (JMF)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Decision Making, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
Knowles, 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
