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The development and persistence of normative standards in group performance

Hulbert, Lorne Geoffrey

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Title
The development and persistence of normative standards in group performance
Author(s)
Hulbert, Lorne Geoffrey
Issue Date
1994
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Davis, James H.
Department of Study
Psychology
Discipline
Psychology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
  • Law
  • Psychology, Social
Language
eng
Abstract
"Mock grand juries and individual jurors made indictment decisions for four separate cases, each composed of a single ""prosecutor's summary"" of the evidence, and 11 additional items of evidence. Juries could either examine all or just a few of the additional items on the first two cases (counterbalanced) so that routine standards of appropriate amounts and rates (information gathering and information processing) of information usage would develop. Groups' relatively greater adherence to these standards was predicted. Jurors were placed under accountability pressures on one of the two last cases. Analysis of amounts and rates of information processed indicated groups' poor information processing. A simulation traces the deficit to constraints due to the groups' slowest members. Also, results showed that groups were relatively more reactive to accountability pressures. However, the effect of initial limits on groups were nonsignificant and thus it could not be demonstrated that groups persisted in routine behavior more than individuals."
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Copyright 1994 Hulbert, Lorne Geoffrey

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