Explores whether response scale ambiguity determines the relative impact of persuasive arguments and social comparison processes. Describes two experiments which demonstrate that response scale ambiguity influences the interpretation of choice shift processes. (MM)

Examines compliance-gaining strategies among undergraduate students. Finds that friends comply more with requests than strangers and that their compliance is constant across message types. Notes that among strangers, the pregiving message produced more compliance than the direct request. (SR)

Seeks conditions that improve group performance on "hidden profiles." Finds that, among undergraduate student groups, group information sharing and decision-making effectiveness were higher in small groups with a low percentage of shared information, and lower when groups either were large or shared a high percentage of information.…