then group polarization has occurred. For example, let's say a group of Republicans gather to discuss welfare reform and some new policy proposed by a democratic politician. The welfare policy calls for more money to be taken from private sector businesses and given to welfare centers. In the...
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Group polarization has a lot to do with the theory of in-group and out-group. We studied this in my class about conflict recently. My professor has done a lot of research on group polarization psychology and conflict. The theory basically says that groups form their identity based on "the...
Group Polarization Explanation One explanatory reason for group polarization is the sharing of persuasive arguments. For example, when the majority of a group’s members are initially like-minded and present arguments (a) that support the attitude or action, and (b) that other group members have ...
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The study ofgroup behaviorhas historically been the province ofsocial psychologyand provides the conceptual basis for the three-factor model of the determinants of group performance we presented in an earlier discussion of flightcrew interaction and performance (Foushee & Helmreich, 1988; McGrath, 1964...
In: Zanna MP, Olson JM (eds) Advances in experimental social psychology. vol. 43. Academic Press. pp. 63–113 Levin SA, Milner HV, Perrings C (2021) The dynamics of political polarization. Proc Natl Acad Sci 118:e2116950118 Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Lindström ...
A major problem has been the tendency to generalize from a particular set of findings which has led to a polarization between social scientists interested in groups and group psychotherapists with the latter rejecting the work of group theorists in its entirety because it so frequently dealt with ...
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