If you are of romanian descent, it might be easy to conceal that from people (outsiders wouldn't know it unless you told them), and in general you may never mention it. however, suppose you're at a job interview and your prospective boss mentions that she's romanian. suddenly, it becomes very useful for you to mention that you are too: now you have something in common! what term best describes this scenario?

Recall that in one condition of the experiment conducted by stasser and titus (1985) about student council president candidates, all group members had access to the same information, and that in another condition, members had unique information that other group members didn't know. in the second (unshared information) condition, the group made a worse decision than in the first (shared information) condition. this occurred because groups seldom can agree on who is most expert. focus discussion on the information that all members know. often ignore dissenting opinions. avoid differences of opinion, given conformity pressures.