The experiment investigated whether achievement and affiliation concerns would induce the phenomenon encountered in the risk-shift and related group studies. Using three decision-problems involving such concerns, Ss first responded to the three problems individually, then in randomly assigned groups, and then separately again. In comparison to Ss in a control condition, results indicate that the risk-shift phenomenon generalizes to achievement and affiliation shifts, both in the group decision and in Ss post-group responses.
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