Discussion
In this section, I will try to explain some of the results that I 3.accepted to find, talk about what influences decisions and provide related questions that could expand my research.
From the results of the experiment, the research seems to provide evidence for my hypothesis. When looking at the data, the larger the group became, the more likely members of the group changed their opinions on a certain issue. When creating this experiment, the phenomenon that I predicted to be apparent was the bandwagon affect. The bandwagon affect is the change in the voters stance based on who that individual feels will win the election. Even in our recent election campaigns, it would seem that the bandwagon effect is helping generate crowds …show more content…
In this study, if I looked closely at each individual group of voters and their identities, I could potentially predict how the voters were affected by their group. By recording there political affiliations and observing their stances after each vote, I could have a gist on how each discussion played out. If there were five conservative Republicans and one independent, we could potentially see that independent voting more conservatively on the issues as influenced by his counterparts. One major point to note is that this experiment’s only purpose was to see the relationship between group decision making and an individual’s decision. The reasons why individuals tend to change their opinion are areas in which other studies have explored. Do individuals tend to trust the group actions over their own? Do decisions made by a majority of others seem less risky than those made alone? As noted by one journal, there are three main factors that can be credited to influence group opinion. These three factors are information, interests and side constraints. And each factor provides new ideas on further research to review or that news to be …show more content…
The journal goes on to state “However, there are also frequent cases in which the members ' interests come apart. What is good for one individual may be bad for another.” And in humans tend to have different interests based on the categories that they fall under. An example of this is an individual apart of a minority group in society voting to keep Affirmative action programs in place. It would be in his interest to vote for this as they are normally in place to help minority individuals. In a similar study done, experimenters found that group members were likely to sway others opinions if they had similar voting preferences (similar interests). However, if there were individuals farther away from the norm or the popular consensus they were not likely to sway
In this section, I will try to explain some of the results that I 3.accepted to find, talk about what influences decisions and provide related questions that could expand my research.
From the results of the experiment, the research seems to provide evidence for my hypothesis. When looking at the data, the larger the group became, the more likely members of the group changed their opinions on a certain issue. When creating this experiment, the phenomenon that I predicted to be apparent was the bandwagon affect. The bandwagon affect is the change in the voters stance based on who that individual feels will win the election. Even in our recent election campaigns, it would seem that the bandwagon effect is helping generate crowds …show more content…
In this study, if I looked closely at each individual group of voters and their identities, I could potentially predict how the voters were affected by their group. By recording there political affiliations and observing their stances after each vote, I could have a gist on how each discussion played out. If there were five conservative Republicans and one independent, we could potentially see that independent voting more conservatively on the issues as influenced by his counterparts. One major point to note is that this experiment’s only purpose was to see the relationship between group decision making and an individual’s decision. The reasons why individuals tend to change their opinion are areas in which other studies have explored. Do individuals tend to trust the group actions over their own? Do decisions made by a majority of others seem less risky than those made alone? As noted by one journal, there are three main factors that can be credited to influence group opinion. These three factors are information, interests and side constraints. And each factor provides new ideas on further research to review or that news to be …show more content…
The journal goes on to state “However, there are also frequent cases in which the members ' interests come apart. What is good for one individual may be bad for another.” And in humans tend to have different interests based on the categories that they fall under. An example of this is an individual apart of a minority group in society voting to keep Affirmative action programs in place. It would be in his interest to vote for this as they are normally in place to help minority individuals. In a similar study done, experimenters found that group members were likely to sway others opinions if they had similar voting preferences (similar interests). However, if there were individuals farther away from the norm or the popular consensus they were not likely to sway