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A model of participation in group discussions
Author(s) -
Nowakowska Maria
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 0005-7940
DOI - 10.1002/bs.3830230309
Subject(s) - homogeneity (statistics) , ranking (information retrieval) , group (periodic table) , psychology , group decision making , social psychology , epistemology , sociology , computer science , mathematics , statistics , artificial intelligence , philosophy , chemistry , organic chemistry
This article deals with decision processes concerning who shall speak in discussions in living systems at the level of the group. It presents a model of participation in discussion, aimed at explaining the deviations observed in testing earlier models dealing with this question. The deviations are accounted for by lack of homogeneity of the group of discussants, who may form not one, but two (or more) subgroups, each with its own ranking.