A comparative study of individual, majority, and group judgment

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"The performance of individuals working alone, under majority rule, and as members of discussion groups were compared on a complex intellectual task . . .. The results indicated that: . . . Majority decisions, when deadlocks are evenly divided between right and wrong, decisions, are not significantly different from those made by the average individual and are inferior to those of the best members of the group working alone . . .. Group decisions, reached through cooperative deliberation, are significantly superior to decisions made by individual members working alone and to majority rule." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1959 American Psychological Association.

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Barnlund, D. C. (1959). A comparative study of individual, majority, and group judgment. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 58(1), 55–60. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0040823

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