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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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.

Which of the Following Is an Example of Group Polarization