Nora, Ko, Ian, and May are good friends and regularly hang out together. They each think that Ms. Akey may be a slightly better
teacher than Mr. Schwenke. After discussing why each of them believes this to be so, they all become convinced that Ms. Akey is definitely a much better teacher than Mr. Schwenke. This scenario provides an example of:_________ A) Social facilitation
B) The fundamental attribution error.
C) Group polarization
D) Deindividuation
E) The mere exposure
According to studies conducted by various sociologists, it can be said that this scenario provides an example of Group Polarization. This term refers to when groups make decisions that are far more extreme than what the members actually decide individually. Which is the case in this scenario since seperately they believe that Ms. Akey may be a better teacher but are not totally convinced. While together they believe that Ms. Akey is a far better (extreme) teacher.
