An effective way to remedy the common information effect is to:
a. consider the decision alternatives one at a time.
b. increase the time needed for discussion.
c. increase the size of the team.
d. engage in prediscussion polling.
Question 2A transactive memory system, or TMS, is a shared system for attending to, encoding, storing, processing, and retrieving information. In one investigation, teams were asked to assemble radios without written instructions.
The most effective group was given what type of training experience before group test day?
a. Members received their training individually.
b. Members received team training, but were re-assembled into different groups for test day.
c. Members received team training and were assigned to work with same team on test day.
d. Members received their training individually, and also underwent a trust-building workshop as a team prior to test day.
Question 3An intervention that might exacerbate the common information effect is:
a. approaching the task as a problem to be solved, not a judgment to be made.
b. ranking rather than choosing.
c. suspending initial judgment.
d. prediscussion polling.
Question 4A team with a high adaptive capacity brings what capability to their organization?
a. Knowledge capacity
b. Ability to change or shift their strategy in the face of upheaval
c. Team's capacity to assimilate new knowledge
d. Team's capacity to apply new information and knowledge
Question 5In regards to the common information effect, what is the main problem with an uneven distribution of information?
a. Some team members are willing to share information with others, but some are not.
b. Certain pieces of information get more time, attention, and emphasis than alternative pieces of information.
c. The collective intelligence between the partners can be unbalanced.
d. Certain group members can be uninterested in the discussion and not want to participate.
Question 6The uneven communication problem is the fact that:
a. our verbal communication skills are not as consistent as we think they are.
b. in most groups, a minority of people do a majority of the talking.
c. different people emerge as the dominant people in teams across time.
d. people are less direct in their communication, but direct speech acts would increase accuracy.
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