Exam 7: Team Decision Making: Pitfalls and Solutions

There is a tendency for a person to look to the group to seek information on the reality of a situation.The more team members who hold a particular opinion,the more right an answer seems.This bias is best termed:

Which of the following is NOT a behavioral consequence of decision fatigue?

Teams are not inherently more risky or cautious than individuals,rather they are more extreme than individuals.This tendency for group discussion to intensify group opinion,thereby producing more extreme judgments than might be contained by pooling the individuals' views separately is best termed,"the false consensus effect."

Regarding ways to avoid groupthink,what is the goal of using the risk technique?

Leader behavior that is associated with too much concern for political ramifications,or the analysis of alternatives in terms of their political repercussions,are key determinants of:

Related to the confirmation bias,an example of "tunnel vision" would be:

The Abilene Paradox is a bias that was initially described by what kind of situation?

Groupthink occurs when team members place the goal of ________ above all other decision priorities.

There are four key processes involved in the escalation of commitment cycle.Which of the following is NOT one of those processes?

Because individuals who deviate from their team's opinion are more harshly evaluated than those who conform to it,which of the following is a reason why team members are more likely to conform to the majority viewpoint?

Groups perform better than individuals on a wide range of demonstrable tasks.What is a key reason why groups outperform individuals faced with the same task?

The confirmation bias is best described as the tendency for people to:

All of the following are true about conformity EXCEPT:

Marilyn,Bob,and Carl all believe a certain defendant is probably guilty and should be sentenced.Individually their recommendations for a sentence are 3,5,and 7 years.When they meet as a group however,they recommend 10 years.This change and collective shift is called:

In terms of creating conditions that encourage ethical decision making in organizations,all of the following are valid EXCEPT:

The two psychological explanations for group polarization are: informational influence and normative influence.Informational influence is best described as the need ________; normative influence is best described as the need ________.

Groups of people tend to outperform individuals on estimation problems.

Ninety-four percent of college professors believe they are above-average teachers; 90 percent of drivers believe they are above average in their driving skills.The tendency for people to place unwarranted confidence in their judgements of themselves is called the framing bias.

A demonstrable task is a task that:

In regard to how accountability affects organizational decision making,accountability for ________ leads to greater escalation behavior,whereas accountability for ________ increases decision-making effectiveness.