Biased evaluation of information during discussion: Disentangling the effects of preference consistency, social validation, and ownership of information

摘要: Group members tend to be biased in their evaluation of the information discussed. The present study aimed disentangle effects preference consistency, social validation, and ownership on a single experimental design. Participants first received about personnel selection task. After having made decision, they read transcript fictitious discussion. In transcript, were orthogonally manipulated as within-subjects factors. As hypothesized, all increased perceived quality information. Furthermore, participants intended discuss larger proportion preference-consistent than preference-inconsistent This discussion bias was significantly associated with favoring These results provide empirical demonstration that groups is characterized by three distinct biases may contribute Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.