Which of the Following Is an Example of Group Polarization

question 152

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of group polarization?

• A)A basketball team-simply by reason of being a cohesive group-automatically identifies another team as a rival.
• B)A political committee tends to make more extreme decisions than any of its individual members would alone.
• C)A group of students tends, automatically, to divide themselves up into several smaller groups or cliques.
• D)A student council divides itself into two directly opposing points of view when debating new issues.

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Definitions:

Zone of Proximal Development

A concept in developmental psychology introduced by Lev Vygotsky, describing the difference between what a learner can do without help and what they can achieve with guidance and encouragement.

Reinforcements

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Conservation

In psychology, the understanding that certain properties of objects remain the same despite a change in the object's form or appearance.

Centration

The tendency, especially in young children, to focus on one aspect of a situation while neglecting other relevant aspects.