So Right It's Wrong: Groupthink and the Ubiquitous Nature of Polarized Group Decision Making

Baron, Robert S.

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So Right It's Wrong: Groupthink and the Ubiquitous Nature of Polarized Group Decision Making

Baron, Robert S.·2005·Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

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The scarcity of experiments testing groupthink is caused by the difficulty of creating groupthink antecedents and the difficulty in measurements caused by the insensitivity of the group decision making task.
“This scarcity is caused by the difficulty of the antecedents creation [4] and the difficulty in the measurements caused by the insensitivity of the group decision making task [50].”
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Groupthink reformulations have established the relationship between social identity and groupthink symptoms.
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This bias hinders group members from accepting outgroup members' views.
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Authors: Baron, R. S.
Affiliations: University of Iowa (US)
Corresponding author: Baron, Robert S.
Venue: Advances in Experimental Social Psychology
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2005
Pages: 219-253
ISSN: 0065-2601 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2601(05)37004-3
OpenAlex: W1505402154
Cited by: 212
References: 129
Citations by year: 2026: 5 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 9
FWCI: 10.55
Type: book chapter
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Advances in experimental social psychology (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Team Dynamics and Performance
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Keywords: groupthink, group decision making, group polarization, consensus seeking, suppression of dissent, antecedent conditions, minimal groups, decision quality

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