'Social Sharedness' as a Unifying Theme for Information Processing in Groups

摘要: Although much of the research on small groups in social psychology has emphasized cognitive, information-processing tasks (decision-making and problem solving), only recently have been conceptualized as systems. Partially due to this new conceptualization, group is rise, yet discipline specific. Few attempts made integrate provide common themes or frameworks across disciplinary boundaries. We propose that one potential unifying theme underlying recent ‘social sharedness’: degree which cognitions, preferences, identities, etc. are shared being within groups. Through a targeted review literature, we attempt demonstrate sharedness central understanding decision-making, provides tie between past current research, can serve function for future endeavors.