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Gummerum, Michaela, Leman, Patrick J. and Hollins, Tara S. (2014) How do children share information in groups? Developmental Psychology, 50 (8). pp. 2105-2114. doi:10.1037/a0037144 ISSN 0012-1649.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037144
Abstract
Group decision-making should be particularly beneficial when group members share unique information, because then a group can make a better decision than each group member alone. This study examined how elementary-school children share unique information during group-decision making. Seventy-nine groups of three same-sex and same-age 7- and 9-year-old children (N= 237) had to decide which one of two hypothetical candidates should play the lead role in a school musical. When information was unshared, group members had to exchange their uniquely held information to identify the best candidate. Only a minority of groups picked the best candidate when information was unshared. Yet, groups of 7-year-old children were better at identifying the best candidate and were less likely to focus on the discussion of shared information than groups of 9-year-olds. These findings are interpreted with reference to processes underlying information sharing in groups, namely collective information sampling, preference-consistent evaluation, and collaborative inhibition/inter-subjectivity.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > ZA Information resources |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Children , Information resources management , Group decision making , Decision making in childre, Judgment in children , Social interaction in children | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Developmental Psychology | ||||||
| Publisher: | American Psychological Association | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0012-1649 | ||||||
| Official Date: | August 2014 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 50 | ||||||
| Number: | 8 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 2105-2114 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1037/a0037144 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | "©American Psychological Association, 2014. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. Please do not copy or cite without author's permission. The final article is available, upon publication, at: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037144 | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Copyright Holders: | APA | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 21 October 2019 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 21 October 2019 | ||||||
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