Jenness Flashcards

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Jenness

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1932

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Procedure

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Asked students to guess how many beans they were in a jar. They were then given an opportunity to discuss the estimates and finally, to give their individual estimates again

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Findings

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Dennis found that individual estimates tended converge to a group norm

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Conclusion

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In an ambiguous situation one looks to others to get ideas about a reasonable answer

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