Group diversity and salience: A natural experiment from a television game show |
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Authors: | Gabriella A Bucci Rafael Tenorio |
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Institution: | DePaul University, United States;University of the Negev, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ben-Gurion, P.O.B 653, 84105 Beer-Sheva, Israel;University of Erfurt, Nordhauser Strasse 63, PF 900 221, Erfurt 99105, Germany. Email: tobias.roetheli@uni-erfurt.de |
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Abstract: | We take advantage of a naturally occurring experiment in a television game show to study the impact of group characteristics on the group's ability to select salient solutions in a matching game. The Family Feud features families seeking to earn prizes by matching the results of public opinion surveys on various subjects. Our main result is that, controlling for task difficulty, families that are more diverse, as measured by both the intra-family generational gap and the relatedness of their members, are more successful at matching wider ranges of survey responses. This highlights the importance of member diversity in expanding information and decision frames of reference within a group. |
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