Review: Development and Disability (2nd Edition), Forensic and Criminal Psychology, Group Process, Group Decision, Group Action (2nd Edition), An Introduction to Statistics in Psychology (Revised 2nd Edition), Introductory Psychology: History, Themes and Perspectives, Principles of Cognitive Pychology (2nd Edition), Psychology on the Web — A Student Guide, Social Psychology (3rd Edition), SPSS 12 Made Simple, Statistics for Psychology (3rd Edition), Statistics for the Terrified (3rd Edition)

2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-136
Author(s):  
Katie Alcock ◽  
Julie Blackwell Young ◽  
Chris Brotherton ◽  
Nigel Hunt ◽  
Paul Sander ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Group Action ◽  
Group Process ◽  
Criminal Psychology ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Introductory Psychology ◽  
Psychology History ◽  
Decision Group ◽  
Process Group ◽  
The Web

POLARYZACJA GRUPOWA W WARUNKACH DEBATY DELIBERATYWNEJ

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-29
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Wesołowska
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
John Rawls ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Group Consensus ◽  
Group Polarization ◽  
Normative Requirements

In social psychology the group polarization refers to the tendency for groups to make decisionsthat are more extreme than the initial inclinations of its members. This phenomenon constitutesa potential obstacle to positive outcomes attributed to deliberative debates. A deliberative debateis a particular kind of a group discussion tasked with fi nding group consensus on controversialissues. The idea of deliberation originates from the writings of John Rawls, Jürgen Habermas, AmyGutmann and Denis Thompson. Deliberative debate imposes numerous normative requirementson the communication, relationships among the disputants and their approach to the issue underdiscussion. These normative requirements make a big difference between deliberative debates andthe situations in which the phenomenon of polarization was observed. Thus, we presume that indeliberative debates conditions the phenomenon of group polarization may be limited.The paper investigates the following questions: would the normative conditions of deliberationlimit the occurrence of polarization in discussing groups? and What infl uence (if any) would thepolarization process have on the quality of group decision? In the light of the empirical data we concluded what follows: (1) In 50% of the analyzed casesof group discussion the phenomenon of group polarization was observed despite the normativeconditions of deliberation. (2) The occurrence of group polarization in some cases coincided withmaking the fi nal decisions which did not alter the initial preferences of the disputants (but did nottotally predestinated the fi nal outcome).

Early Mapping of “Electronic Hive Minds” on the Web and Internet

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-28
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Social Consciousness ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Mapping Techniques ◽  
The Web

An “electronic hive mind” (EHM) is conceptualized as a type of temporally limited social consciousness (held by people, cyborgs, and robots) around shared interests, enabled by social media and information and communication technology (ICT). EHMs may be understood partially through combined prior research in the areas of social psychology and social media. Other research work is novel and requires the application of a range of methods and technologies to identify EHMs from publicly available social media residual data in various digital modalities. To this end, some initial mapping techniques to understand EHMs will be shown in this chapter.

scholarly journals Multicriteria decision group model for the selection of suppliers

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana Hazin Alencar ◽  
Adiel Teixeira de Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Group Model ◽  
Numerical Application ◽  
Decision Group ◽  
Vip Analysis ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Criteria Ranking

Several authors have been studying group decision making over the years, which indicates how relevant it is. This paper presents a multicriteria group decision model based on ELECTRE IV and VIP Analysis methods, to those cases where there is great divergence among the decision makers. This model includes two stages. In the first, the ELECTRE IV method is applied and a collective criteria ranking is obtained. In the second, using criteria ranking, VIP Analysis is applied and the alternatives are selected. To illustrate the model, a numerical application in the context of the selection of suppliers in project management is used. The suppliers that form part of the project team have a crucial role in project management. They are involved in a network of connected activities that can jeopardize the success of the project, if they are not undertaken in an appropriate way. The question tackled is how to select service suppliers for a project on behalf of an enterprise that assists the multiple objectives of the decision-makers.

scholarly journals Facilitator Effects On The Process Of GSS Appropriation: Opening The Black Box

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Decision Process ◽  
Group Process ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Group Support Systems ◽  
Structuration Theory ◽  
Black Box ◽  
Decision Task ◽  
Adaptive Structuration Theory ◽  
Group Decision Process ◽  
Adaptive Structuration

Though technology support of group decision making has long been believed to increase the number of ideas generated and the overall quality of decisions, research on this topic has failed to provide consistent support of these outcomes. Facilitation of the group decision process by specially trained experts is believed to add even further to the benefits the technology brings. The effects of facilitation have been tested in many configurations, yet, here too, researchers have not been able to consistently identify the benefits. The literature shows that prior research in this area has been based on the outcomes of the group decision process focusing on the quantity of ideas generated and group member retrospective perceptions of the process. This suggests that researchers took a black box approach to studying the effects of facilitation in group support systems (GSS) adoption and use subsequently ignoring important aspects of group process and the effects of facilitation in that process. To that end, analysis has been done from the lens of adaptive structuration theory (AST) of 48 homogeneous decision groups in terms of setting, task, and prior relevant participant experience; an excellent environment in which to observe how group members act (make appropriation moves) to adopt and use GSS differently in differing facilitative contexts. This study found that process restrictiveness significantly affects the quantity and types of appropriation moves over the course of a decision task. An unprecedented finding was that different individual facilitators affect the quantity and types of appropriation moves even when holding the treatment restrictiveness constant. I also performed an original extension of the method suggested by AST by disaggregating appropriation moves into the source and target of interactions. This study successfully opens the black box of GSS facilitation and shows analysis of process reveals nuanced differences in factors that affect appropriation that have not been apparent from prior, outcomes-based analyses.

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