Why does group polarization occur?Group Polarization:Group polarization is a socio-psychological phenomenon first described by James Stoner in his graduate thesis. He discovered that after discussing an issue, the opinion of the average group members tends to sway toward the extreme side of the ...
Why does group polarization occur? How is posture affected by the vestibular system? In what way can visual sensation and visual perception be distinguished? Describe how the retina can do both acuity and sensitivity and what that means as to the limitations of what the visual system can do. ...
“how the program does it is not the issue, just that is able to do it at all. that is, it is ai if it is smart, but it doesn’t have to be smart like us.” 6 under this expansive definition, the computer automation of routine, explicitly defined “robotic process” tasks...
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham does not fit into that box. Buying and selling alcohol was banned, but residents said the group did not try to root out drinkers, and people were allowed to smoke in public. The group did not field morality police to enforce strict social codes. The group has, howev...
“Rapid innovation offers the promise of a new era of prosperity, but instead risks exacerbating trust issues, leading to further societal instability and political polarization.” Put simply: Trust in companies, media, and government erodes as leaders value attention over trust. Governmental politician...
Cognitive Dissonance: Cognitive dissonance can be defined as a phenomenon where we feel uncomfortable because there is incongruency between our behaviors, beliefs, and/or values. This phenomenon was first empirically studied by an American social psychologist, Leon Festinger. ...
“Google’s business model is built around the idea that it’s a neutral platform. That its magic algorithm waves its magic wand and delivers magic results without the sullying intervention of any human,” she wrote in a scathing op-ed for theGuardian. “It desperately does not wa...
does reduce evolutionary fitness of the offspring in all environments, primarily through reduced fertility during their peak reproductive period. They also suggest an evolutionary mechanism for why this may occur. The study, led by Kristin Gribble of the Marine Biological Laboratory and Christina Hernán...
(narrative)…..take religion….in the multitude of spiritual perspectives there is this mystery…..much of which has been interpreted and explained through scientific investigation…..we still can’t prove exactly why concentric movement of everything from toilet flushes to galaxies occur yet the...
Various manifestations of myside bias occur in both search and inference. In search, people seek evidence supporting a favored conclusion and fail to seek alternative conclusions or evidence against their favorite, or to seek goals that it does not serve. In inference, evidence against a favored ...