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  • Developmental Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology

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  • Effective group decision-making relies on sharing unique information among members.
  • Understanding how children share information is crucial for cognitive and social development research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate information-sharing dynamics in elementary-school-aged children during group decision-making tasks.
  • To compare information-sharing strategies between 7-year-old and 9-year-old children.

Main Methods:

  • 79 groups of 3 same-sex, same-age children (7 and 9 years old) participated (N=237).
  • Groups decided on the best candidate for a school musical role based on unique information.
  • Analysis focused on information exchange, candidate selection, and discussion patterns.

Main Results:

  • A minority of groups successfully identified the best candidate when information was unshared.
  • 7-year-old groups outperformed 9-year-old groups in selecting the best candidate.
  • Younger children were less likely to focus on redundant, shared information.

Conclusions:

  • Children's ability to share unique information for optimal group decisions develops with age.
  • Younger children may exhibit more effective information-sharing strategies in certain contexts.
  • Findings relate to collective information sampling, preference-consistent evaluation, and collaborative inhibition.