Three Students Form a Study Group for Their Social Psychology

question 72

Multiple Choice

Three students form a study group for their social psychology course. Which of the following possibilities would be the best indication than the group is experiencing biased sampling?

• A) The students focus on the information they all already know instead of reviewing the unique knowledge that each person brings to the group.
• B) The students assign specific roles and tasks to each other.
• C) In the effort to categorize themselves as "good" group members, the students conform to each other's opinions about the quality of the course instruction thus far.
• D) The students refuse to utilize the strategy of brainstorming.

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