You are on a committee trying to decide whether to combine the psychology department with the sociology department.Although you have some concerns about combining the two departments,an outspoken member of the group takes the extreme opposite position.The phenomenon of polarization suggests that,after hearing this member's extreme position,you will:

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The phenomenon of polarization suggests that hearing an extreme position will make us more extreme in our own beliefs, pushing us further away from the opposite side. Therefore, it is likely that, after hearing the outspoken member's extreme position favoring combining the departments, committee members who had concerns will feel even more strongly that combining departments is a bad idea.

You Are on a Committee Trying to Decide Whether to Combine