Recall that in one condition of the experiment conducted by Stasser and Titus (1985) about Student Council president candidates, all group members had access to the same information, and that in another condition, members had unique information that other group members didn't know. In the second (unshared information) condition, the group made a worse decision than in the first (shared information) condition. This occurred because groups

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Groups tend to focus discussion on shared information that all members know, leading to poorer decision-making when unique information is not adequately considered.

Recall That in One Condition of the Experiment Conducted by Stasser