At a meeting of your swimming club,a vote will be taken as to whether you are all going to swim across a body of water.Last year,the club swam across Crystal Lake,a small lake.The majority votes to do the swim.If group polarization occurs,you would expect the group to decide to swim across ____.
A) the local creek
B) the local public pool
C) Crystal Lake
D) the Mississippi River

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Group polarization refers to the tendency of a group to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclination of its members. Given that the club previously swam across a small lake, choosing a significantly larger and more challenging body of water like the Mississippi River reflects an extreme or more polarized decision compared to their past activity.

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