As Discussed in the Textbook, Early Studies Showed That Decisions

question 38

Multiple Choice

As discussed in the textbook, early studies showed that decisions made in groups were riskier than decisions made on one's own.Additional studies were conducted to learn whether this finding would generalize across many different situations.This later research showed that group decisions are not always riskier than individual decisions.Rather, group decisions tend to be more extreme than individual decisions.This phenomenon is captured by the concept of

• A) risky shift.
• B) group polarization.
• C) social inoculation.
• D) groupthink.

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