Group Decision Making

BUS149

Week 3 Quiz

Group Decision Making

Question 1According to Lightle, Kagel, & Arkes (2009), which of the following statements is true?

  Groups choose inferior options because they make decisions too quickly.

  Groups choose inferior options because they pick candidates who are similar to them.

  Groups choose inferior options because their members make mistakes in recalling information.

 Question 2According to Maciejovsky & Budescu (2013), which of the following statements is true?

  Conflicts of interest reduce information sharing in groups but not in markets.

  Conflicts of interest reduce information sharing in markets but not in groups.

  Neither markets nor groups are systematically influenced by conflicts of interest.

 Question 3According to Sunstein & Hastie (2014), which of the following statements is true?

  Groups make people’s political views less extreme compared to pre-deliberation averages.

  Individual political views do not differ significantly from average group positions.

  Groups make people’s political views more extreme compared to pre-deliberation averages.