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Verbal Participation and Leadership Voting Behavior in a Leaderless Group Discussion

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In a Leaderless Group Discussion the relationship between verbal duration and voting behavior was analyzed for fifteen groups of 3 girls each. It was found that voting behavior was influenced by speech duration very early in the sessions and diminished only slightly during the experimental periods. Reinforcements (S being correct on a given problem) affected voting behavior for only one trial beyond the reinforcement and medium talkers received as many votes as high talkers in the group situation.

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  1. Wayne A. Burroughs (Assistant Professor of Psychology)

    Present address: Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37916, USA

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    Cabot L. Jaffee

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Burroughs, W.A., Jaffee, C.L. Verbal Participation and Leadership Voting Behavior in a Leaderless Group Discussion. Psychol Rec 19, 605–610 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03393892

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