Group and Individual Performance in Problem Solving Related to Previous Exposure to Problem Level of Aspiration, and Group Size

摘要

There can be little doubt that “level of aspiration” significantly affects the number of solutions to the problem given. Whether” aspiration” reflects a genuine self-report of lack of ability, or lack of interest, or lack of effort cannot be ascertained from the data, but it is significant that no individual without aspiration, working alone, was able to solve the problem.nPerhaps the variance of proportions of group solutions developed in this paper under the assumption that the ability model is operation may be helpful in choosing among several explanations of group performance.