Group Decision Making Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Social Psychology

📚 Quick Study Guide

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• Groupthink: A psychological phenomenon where the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.
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• Group Polarization: The tendency for a group to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclination of its members.
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• Social Facilitation: The tendency for people to perform differently when in the presence of others than when alone.
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• Common Knowledge Effect: Information held by more members before team discussion has more influence on team judgments than information held by fewer members, independent of the validity of the information.
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• Risky Shift: The tendency for a group to make riskier decisions than individuals would alone.
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• Brainstorming: A group creativity technique designed to generate a large number of ideas for the solution of a problem.

🤔 Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following best describes Groupthink?
   1. A) Enhanced critical thinking within a group.
   2. B) The desire for harmony leading to irrational decisions.
   3. C) Open and honest debate among group members.
   4. D) Individual decision-making within a group setting.
2. What is Group Polarization?
   1. A) The tendency for groups to make less extreme decisions.
   2. B) The tendency for groups to make more extreme decisions.
   3. C) A balanced discussion leading to moderate outcomes.
   4. D) Individual opinions averaging out in a group setting.
3. Social Facilitation refers to:
   1. A) Hindrance in performance when others are present.
   2. B) Improved performance in the presence of others.
   3. C) Performance being unaffected by the presence of others.
   4. D) The tendency to avoid social situations.
4. The Common Knowledge Effect suggests that:
   1. A) Unique information is valued more in group discussions.
   2. B) Commonly held information has a greater influence.
   3. C) All information is equally weighted.
   4. D) Information is irrelevant to group decisions.
5. What does the Risky Shift phenomenon describe?
   1. A) Groups making more cautious decisions than individuals.
   2. B) Groups making riskier decisions than individuals.
   3. C) Groups avoiding risks at all costs.
   4. D) Individual risk preferences remaining unchanged in a group.
6. Which of the following is a key characteristic of effective Brainstorming?
   1. A) Immediate criticism of ideas.
   2. B) Encouraging a large quantity of ideas.
   3. C) Focusing on only practical solutions.
   4. D) Limiting the number of participants.
7. Which of these is a strategy to counteract Groupthink?
   1. A) Discouraging dissent.
   2. B) Isolating the group from outside opinions.
   3. C) Appointing a devil's advocate.
   4. D) Promoting a strong sense of unity above all else.