when he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. then he said to his disciples, the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. ask the lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.

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.