Gene Kofman (its@icanect.net)
Tue, 21 Oct 1997 05:32:26 +0100
Maggie cited:
>When people discuss issues in groups, there is a tendency to
> polarize decisions by deciding on a more extreme course of action than
would be
> suggested by the average of their individual judgments, but the direction
of
> this shift depends on what was initially the dominant point of view.
Maggie wrote:
> This last paragraph seems to give a common-sense explanation for the
> phenomenon, but I think MoQ might give a better one.
> I started to write up the background for this idea for the group last
week, but
> I didn't finish, and want to be careful. I'll try to do it if you're
> interested.
Absolutely, I'm very interested to have an MoQ explanation. thanks for
going through the trouble.
Gene.
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