What Underlying Processes Help to Explain the Occurrence of Group

question 85

Multiple Choice

What underlying processes help to explain the occurrence of group polarization?

• A)informational influences and normative influences
• B)minority influences and social facilitation
• C)psychological reactance and deindividuation
• D)social comparison and self-censorship

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Definitions:

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