How Does "Minority Influence" Benefit a Team

question 1

Multiple Choice

How does "minority influence" benefit a team?

• A)Statistical minorities simulate greater thought about issues.
• B)Statistical minorities increase convergent thinking skills in a team.
• C)Statistical minorities are effective in decreasing divergent thinking in a team.
• D)Statistical minorities who are not harassed by the majority are more likely to be perceived as courageous.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Development

The progression of learning and development of intelligence, conscious thought, and problem-solving ability that occurs from infancy through adulthood.

Conservation Problems

Cognitive tasks that assess the understanding that quantity remains the same despite changes in shape or appearance, often used in developmental psychology.

Hierarchical Classification

A system of organization where entities are arranged in a ranked or graded order, often used in biological taxonomy to classify living organisms into successively more inclusive groups.

Piaget's System

A theory of cognitive development that outlines how children's abilities to think and reason develop through distinct stages as they grow older, developed by Jean Piaget.