Josephine Is Sitting on a Jury Whose Task It Is

question 185

Multiple Choice

Josephine is sitting on a jury whose task it is to decide whether or not to give the defendant a life sentence in prison.Most of the members of the jury feel the defendant can be rehabilitated and feel a twenty-year sentence would be appropriate.However,after listening to some of the members express their opinions about how detrimental prison life can be,the jury finally recommends a sentence of only ten years.In this case,which psychological principle may have shaped the opinion?

• A)social facilitation
• B)group polarization
• C)social loafing
• D)groupthink

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