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Summary
The present study of 54 undergraduate males sought to determine the communicative influences of a task expert, a bungler, and a control confederate upon a group discussion session. Task expertise was created prior to the discussion sessions, and communicative influence was seen to be a carry-over from the task sessions. More specifically, both the task expert and task bungler lowered total group communication and centralized group communication around one or two key individuals. In addition, both the expert and bungler confederates were recipients of defensive communications: the expert receiving personal attacks, the bungler receiving criticism of the content of his communications.