On which of the following tasks would the presence of others be MOST likely to lead to improved performance? a. reciting the months of the year in alphabetical order
b. learning foreign language words
c. counting backward from 10 to 1
d. learning nonsense syllables

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 seldom can agree on who is most expert. focus discussion on the information that all members know. often ignore dissenting opinions. avoid differences of opinion, given conformity pressures.