improve group decision making. Two recent meta-analyses showed, however, that task conflict can have a positive effect, a … task conflict is positively or negatively related to decision making. We hypothesized and found that the level of perceived … conflict (Study 2), increased group members’ rigidity in holding onto suboptimal initial preferences during decision making and …

decision cues when judging such foul situations. Based on embodiment research, which links perceptions of height to concepts of … strength, power, and aggression, we argue that height is going to be one of the decision cues used. As a result, people are …

of time pressure, even when there is sufficient time to make a decision, may impair decision making activity. A pilot … alternatives and considered fewer consequences. The “hassled decision maker†effect may be due to: the disruptive effects of …