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group-decision-making

Explore 4 cognitive biases related to this topic.

Risky Shift

9 min read

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

Abilene Paradox

9 min read

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

Shared Information Bias

11 min read

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

Groupthink

12 min read

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