Kay is a thoughtful and considerate person but has a difficult time making decisions on her own. she relies on her one best friend, someone she has known since childhood, to give her advice on virtually every decision she makes. sometimes kay even asks the friend to make the decision for her. at work, she holds a position far below her potential and has refused several promotion opportunities. she is most likely suffering from personality disorder.

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.