Question

Nora, Ko, Ian, and May 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 conclude that Ms. Akey is definitely a much better teacher than Mr. Schwenke. This episode provides an example of __________.

A. social facilitation.
B. the fundamental attribution error.
C. group polarization.
D. deindividuation.
E. groupthink.
F. social loafing.

Answer 1

C. group polarization.

Step-by-step explanation:

Group polarization refers to the inclination of a group of people to think in a more exaggerated way than each individuals' original thoughts. As a consequence, Nora, Ko, Ian and May initially believed that Ms. Akey was a little better teacher than mr. Schwenke. However, after talking together, they jumped to the more extreme conclusion that Akey is much better.