PSY BEH 104S Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Group Polarization, Social Skills, Individuation
14 Dec 2016
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Group polarization: group decisions tend to be more extreme than those made by individuals. Even when they have nothing to do with risk: two causes. The persuasiveness of the information brought up during group discussion. People consider both sides of both arguments. When people are predisposed to play it safe, they can think of more and better arguments in favor of caution. Expanded pool of arguments is likely to be skewed in favor of caution when people are already predisposed to play it safe. Favor of position person was pre-inclined to take. People"s tendency to try to claim the right position in the distribution of opinions within the group. Human tendency to compare ourselves with everyone else. People like to think they have more of a valued trait than they have (riskiness is valued) When it involves a cautious decision, people think they are more prudent. Makes people want to show theyre more risk tolerant than average.
