Effects of Individual versus Mixed Individual and Group Experience in Rule Induction on Group Member Learning and Group Performance

Authors: Brodbeck F.C.; Greitemeyer T.

Source: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Volume 36, Number 6, November 2000 , pp. 621-648(28)

Publisher: Academic Press

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Abstract:

This study investigated the effects of individual experience versus mixed individual and group experience on individual and group performance in rule induction. Random series of eight rule-induction tasks were performed by sets of three participants randomly assigned to either individual training (performing all tasks in a nominal group) or to mixed training (alternating nominal and collaborative group task performance). Subsequent individual and group performance were measured. A general positive group-to-individual transfer was shown. In the individual posttest, mixed-training participants performed error checking more promptly and as a result generated fewer nonplausible final solutions than did individual-training participants. In the group posttest, mixed-training groups were superior in collective error checking and more effective in collective truth detection than were individual-training groups. Discussion focuses on how group experience in rule induction influences group member learning and subsequent group performance. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: Ludwig-Maximilians Universitaet, Munich, Germany:

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