Keywords
normative and informational influence
Publications
Bazarov T.Yu., Shevchenko Yu.S. (2012). Specificity of changes in individual decisions during the group discussion in the virtual groups. Moscow University Psychology Bulletin, 1, 106-114
The article reviews the researches about decision making in small groups and group dynamics in virtual groups. We describe a number of phenomena that distinguish problem solving in virtual groups (VG) and in the real groups (RG). We present the results of empirical studies of the problem solving in the VG, formed from students of the Faculty of Psychology at Moscow State University.
Pages: 106-114
Keywords: virtual communication;
virtual groups (VG);
real (face-to-face) groups (RG);
decision making;
normative and informational influence;
conformity;
Available Online: 03/30/2012
