A Group of Microbiology Students Have Been Working on a Semester-Long

question 43

Multiple Choice

A group of microbiology students have been working on a semester-long project that will determine 50 percent of their course grade.A week before the project is due,they realize they have made a critical error and their results are useless.One member of the group argues strongly that they should falsify their results so they will be able to turn in a successful project.Though all the other members have doubts,none of them feels comfortable saying so.All the members ignore the possibility of being caught and convince themselves to falsify the report.This scenario is an example of:

• A) risky-shift effect
• B) social facilitation
• C) group polarization
• D) groupthink

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