Social Psychology 9th Edition by David Myers

Exercise 25

After hearing evidence in a murder trial, 10 jurors believed that the evidence was insufficient to convict the 25-year-old Black defendant. According to the group polarization hypothesis, after the jurors deliberated, they would be
A) more convinced that the defendant was guilty.
B) more convinced that the evidence was insufficient to convict.
C) evenly split, with some convinced that he was guilty and others convinced that he was innocent.
D) split, with the minority favoring acquittal and the majority favoring conviction.