This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of allowing or restricting verbal interaction between dyads of participants when performing cooperative tasks. It was also analyzed whether the performance when solving the task was affected by the participants' verbal interactions. The experimental setting entailed the assembly of tridimensional figures in two computers connected through internet. Sixteen undergraduate students were randomly assigned to each experimental group. One group had to solve the task without the aid of verbal communication, while the other did not have this restriction. It was observed that the participants, which were allowed to interact were more efficient than the ones who were not allowed to communicate with each other. Most of the participants who were able to interact verbally made directive statements, but apparently this did not affect the performance's efficiency. Results are discussed in terms of the type of answer required for the task, the language role in the interactions and the established relationships between the participants involved, which may ease the execution of cooperative tasks.
Rangel, N., & Peña-Pérez Negrón, A. (2016). Verbal Interaction Effects on the Performance of Cooperative Tasks. Revista De Psicología, 25(1). https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-0581.2016.40628
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