One of our group members seemed to actually not be affected by this influence at all. For example he believed that the baby should be saved because it had ‘potential’ and no argument that we posed seem to change his mind. Although we did not keep the baby, towards the end I agreed to keep Bobby. I initially did not think he should be saved because he was mentally retarded, but after persuasion by others I changed my point of view. One factor that I do not think was present was the importance of being accurate. Personally, I made my decisions very easily and analytically, this was solely because the situation was not realistic and I knew my choices were not
One of our group members seemed to actually not be affected by this influence at all. For example he believed that the baby should be saved because it had ‘potential’ and no argument that we posed seem to change his mind. Although we did not keep the baby, towards the end I agreed to keep Bobby. I initially did not think he should be saved because he was mentally retarded, but after persuasion by others I changed my point of view. One factor that I do not think was present was the importance of being accurate. Personally, I made my decisions very easily and analytically, this was solely because the situation was not realistic and I knew my choices were not