SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
GROUP BEHAVIOR
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Question
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a group making a more extreme decision than the individual members.
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when a single person seems more extreme than others in the same group.
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group members segregating to one side or the other when faced with two chioces.
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a group seeming less extreme when faced with an extreme decision.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Group polarization is defined as a phenomenon when “members of a deliberating group move toward a more extreme point in whatever direction is indicted by the members’ predeliberation tendency.” Group polarization leads to changing attitudes among individuals within the group.
Detailed explanation-2: -Group polarization is the idea that groups tend to make decisions that are more extreme compared to the original thoughts of individual group members. The change is influenced by the collective involvement of other members, which tends to amplify one’s opinions and attitudes.
Detailed explanation-3: -It has widely been accepted that aggregating group-level decisions is superior to individual decisions. As compared to individuals, groups tend to show a decision advantage in their response accuracy.
Detailed explanation-4: -Psychologists have three main theories for why group polarization occurs-persuasion, comparison and differentiation-but all of them have much the same cause. In any group trying to make a decision there is likely to be an initial preference in one particular direction.