Collaborative Research On: Testing and Extending a Dynamic Model for Interaction in Discussion Groups

这是一项关于如何在小群体中做出决策的研究。它测试和扩展了一个新的交互模型，该模型以前是由一名研究人员开发的，已经被认为是一项重要的进步。该模型考虑了群体成员之间地位差异的影响以及他们的互动如何发展，以预测互动的模式和不平等结构的出现。该模型还有一个额外的优势，即考虑到非参与者对结果的影响。数据是从80个身份特征不同的四人小组中收集的。这项研究将有助于从根本上理解群体如何通过考虑个人给群体带来的地位特征、他们对权力分配的期望以及所执行任务的性质来做出决定。仔细收集的数据将被准备形成一个数据库，供其他小组研究人员使用。

This is a study of how decisions are made in small groups. It tests and extends a new model of interaction previously developed by one of the investigators and already considered an important advance. The model takes into account the effects of status differences among group members and how their interaction develops to predict patterns of interaction and the emergence of structures of inequality. The model has the added advantage of taking into account the effects of non-participants on outcomes. Data are collected from 80 four-person groups that vary in status characteristics. %%% The research will contribute to a fundamental understanding of how groups reach decisions by taking into account the status characteristics that individuals bring to the group, their expectations about distributions of power, and the nature of the task performed. Carefully collected data will be prepared to form a data bank for other small group researchers.