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Trait Anxiety, Leadership And Group-Induced Decision Change, Chester D. Gaston Jul 1973

Trait Anxiety, Leadership And Group-Induced Decision Change, Chester D. Gaston

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The twelve item Choice Dilemmas Questionnaire (CDQ) developed by Kogan and Wallach (1964) has been used extensively for investigating individual and group decision-making processes. Each item presents a hypothetical life situation in which the central character must choose between two courses of action, one of which is more risky than the other but also more rewarding if successful. For each situation the Sis must select the lowest probability of success they would accept before recommending that the potentially more rewarding (and risky) alternative be chosen. After Ss have made their private individual choices, a group is formed and each item …