| Summary: | LUNAR was used to investigate the effects of group versus individual scoring on decision making task performance. Rs were given a scenario in which they are lost in an lunar environment and must do what they can to survive. One-half of the Rs are told that they are working alone, and one-fourth that they are working with their regular CAPS team (4 people), and one-fourth that they are working with their CAPS department (16 people). The Rs working alone in ARCTIC are those that worked under gr oup conditions in LUNAR1 and vice versa. Rs are given a list of 15 items and asked to rank them in order of importance for their survival. After doing this, Rs are asked to make comments about why they ranked each item as they did. Bonuses were offered for good performance. See source code for more information. The project, directed by Bibb Latane, was concerned with the effects of the different group composition conditions on actual performance (individual performance compared with the expert standard) and on effort as measured by time spent on the task. A similar unit, LUNAR_ARCTIC, was conducted in CAPS/84. Documentation for that unit is minimal. See codebook for additional information
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