Barry and his friends tended to favor a tuition increase that would be used to improve technological facilities. After discussing this, their group opinion was even more strongly in favor of a tuition increase. Such a shift in the attitudes of a group BEST illustrates _____.

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Group polarization occurs when a group's initial attitudes become more extreme after group discussion. In this case, Barry and his friends' initial attitude was in favor of a tuition increase to improve technological facilities, but after discussing it as a group, their opinion became even more strongly in favor, which is an example of group polarization. Groupthink refers to a group's collective desire for harmony and unanimity, social facilitation refers to the phenomenon of improved performance in the presence of others, and deindividuation refers to loss of self-awareness and self-restraint in group situations.

Barry and His Friends Tended to Favor a Tuition Increase