Quote of the Week
"A group ‘makes up its mind’ in very much the same manner that the individual makes up his. […] not only one mind but all minds are searched for pertinent material, which is poured into the general stream of thought for each to use as he can. In this manner the minds in a communicating group become a single organic whole. Their unity is not one of identity, but of life and action, a crystallization of diverse but related ideas."
Charles H. Cooley, 1909,
in Social Organization: A Study of the Larger Mind
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Cooley quote
I'm curious as to what modern social psychology has found out about how group decision-making: is this quote still an accurate description of what happens?
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