Which of the following is a correlate of poor decision making in groups?

• A. Members listen and express ideas
• B. Conversation is useful
• C. Information bias and judgement errors cause overlooked important information
• D. All members agree quickly

Answer: (C)

The main idea is that poor group decision making often stems from biased information processing and faulty judgments. When group members let information be filtered by what confirms their beliefs and discount data that doesn’t, important clues get overlooked. Add in judgment errors like overconfidence, misreading risks, or premature conclusions, and the group’s ability to evaluate options accurately falls apart. Open listening and useful conversation are positive, and quick consensus can hint at conformity issues, but the deeper, more direct link to bad outcomes is information bias paired with judgment errors that cause crucial information to be missed.