Risky Shift
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Risky shift is the tendency for groups to make riskier decisions than individuals would make alone, especially when responsibility is diffused across members.
Social Biases / Group decision-making
/ Group Risk-Taking
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Explore 4 cognitive biases related to this topic.
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Risky shift is the tendency for groups to make riskier decisions than individuals would make alone, especially when responsibility is diffused across members.
Social Biases / Group decision-making
/ Group Risk-Taking
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The Abilene paradox is a group decision-making failure where people agree to a course of action that almost no one individually wants, because each assumes others are in favor.
Social Biases / Group decision-making
/ False consensus decision
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Shared information bias is the tendency for groups to focus discussion on information everyone already knows, while neglecting unique information held by only some members.
Social Biases / Group discussion biases
/ Common Information Bias
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Groupthink is the tendency for highly cohesive groups to prioritize consensus and harmony over critical evaluation, leading to flawed decisions and suppressed dissent.
Social Biases / Group decision errors
/ Conformity in Decision-Making