Failure to Critically Evaluate Ideas When the Primary Concern Is

question 62

Multiple Choice

Failure to critically evaluate ideas when the primary concern is for reaching agreement is called __________.

• A) group polarization
• B) social comparison
• C) groupthink
• D) deindividuation

Examine the factors that influence cooperation and trust within groups.

Comprehend personality traits that predict social behaviors in group contexts.

Understand the concept and function of a prototype in categorization processes.

Recognize the challenge that the typicality effect poses to hierarchical network models.

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Definitions:

Interaction Effect

In statistical modeling, the effect on the dependent variable that is a result of the combination of two or more independent variables.

F Statistic

A ratio used in statistical analysis to compare the variance between groups with the variance within groups, often applied in an ANOVA context.

Null Hypothesis

The presupposition in statistical testing that there is no relationship or effect between certain variables.

Interaction

In statistics, it refers to a situation where the effect of one variable on a response variable differs depending on the level of another variable.