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waynest

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Group decision-making involves the ________.
 
  A) process involved in selecting one of several different social decision schemes on which to base resulting group decisions
  B) process involved in encouraging group members to shift their opinions in one direction or another
  C) process involved in determining which possible decision is supported by a majority of the group's members
  D) processes involved with convincing a majority of the group's members to pursue the same course of action
  E) processes involved with combining and integrating available information in order to choose one of several different courses of action

Question 2

Group polarization involves the tendency of ________.
 
  A) some group members to shift from one extreme position to another, depending on the views of the group's leadership
  B) group members to shift toward more extreme positions than those they initially held as a result of group discussion
  C) groups to attract members who initially agree with the group's position, and then to take that agreement to extreme levels
  D) some individuals to take a charismatic leadership position within a group
  E) groups to segregate dissenting members into different camps prior to the group's splintering into separate groups



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: E

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B



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