Deciding Together
Channel: Co-Cognition
Date: 2021-05-31

In this episode you can get a deeper look into the hidden reasons you might have to get help from others when making a decision. Our research shows that when you make a decision in a group you are sharing the responsibility, so you can feel less stress about a difficult decision, and also feel even better about a good outcome. Coordinating this way with others can help you feel much better about decisions, no matter the results.
 
You’ll start off by seeing just how many decisions we have to make daily. You’ll look closer at one of these possible decisions, where to eat with a group of friends, to see just how complicated a seemingly simple decision can be. You’ll be able to see that there are a lot of factors you have to consider, some of which are how you and the others will feel about the results of the decision. Next, you’ll understand that by sharing the responsibility of making a decision you can feel better about the outcome, whether it be good or bad. To illustrate this, you’ll see an example of a woman who shares the responsibility of having to fire an employee with a group. Next, you’ll see an example of a doctor who gives bad medical advice, but is protected from the outcome because he shared the decision-making with a group of colleagues. You’ll see that group decision-making protects you from bad outcomes, and also lets you take more credit for good outcomes. 
 
For more information on the research that we do, please visit us at:
Crowd Cognition Lab: http://crowdcognition.net
CVBE Lab: http://cvbers.net
 
Based off original research by:
Marwa El Zein and Bahador Bahrami
 
Take a look at our research at https://go.nature.com/3uiEjhv


Featured audio tracks:
 
Suspension by Kjartan Abel
Bio and contact info: https://kjartan-abel.com
Free download: https://freesound.org/s/531854/
 
Inspirational Flight by AShamaluevMusic
Contact and download info: https://www.ashamaluevmusic.com