Decision Making in Small Groups
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Central Message  
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Study Objectives  
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Group versus Individual Decision Making  
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Factors Affecting Decision Quality  
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Group Polarization  
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Methods of Decision Making in Groups  
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Decision Making by the Leader  
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Decision Making by Majority Vote  
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Decision Making by Consensus  
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Phasic Progression during Decision Making  
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Effective Group Decision Making  
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Critical Thinking and the Quality of Group Decision Making  
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Evaluating Information  
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Evaluating Reasoning  
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Overgeneralizing
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Ad Hominem Attacks
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Suggesting Inappropriate Causal Relationships  
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False Dilemmas  
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Faulty Analogies  
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Evaluating Information and Reasoning from the World Wide Web  
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Symptoms of Groupthink  
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Summary  
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Key Terms  
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Exercise  
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Bibliography  
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Notes  
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