Furthermore, the decisions we make as part of a group tend to differ from those each of us would choose on our own. The risky shift effect refers to the observation that group members tend to consider riskier alternatives after the group discusses an issue than they would if each member made his or her own decision without talking about it with Others.39 Psychologists propose several explanations for this increased riskiness. One possibility is that something similar to social loafing occurs. As more people are involved in a decision, each individual is less accountable for the outcome, so this results in diffusion