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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Burhanuddin Rangwala · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, Explanation :  Group polarization refers to the phenomenon where a group makes decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclination of its members. This is exemplified in choice B, where a political committee's collective decision is more extreme than what individual members would decide on their own.

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