Factors That Influence Group Polarization

Introduction Group polarization was first proposed by James Stoner in 1961 to find the phenomenon of group discussion. Group polarization refers to the tendency of people to take risks or conservatism more often than individual decisions when making decisions in a group, skewed to one extreme, and departed from the best decisions. In elaborating the arguments and conducting logical polemics, some members have become defensive. When people face outburst-causing, behaviours become more fixed-minded and even very much. In some cases, group decision-making tends to be conservative. However, in more cases, group decision-making tends to take an adventurous end and is more risky than individual decision-making. This tendency means that group members

The subject that investigated evidence of group polarization among small group or citizens committee in educational contexts were reported by Friedkin (1999). An important rationale for the study also revolved around the factors associated with decision qualification or factors which influence group polarization in a small group like disciplinary commission or panels made up of a small group of instructor. The previous field of study only reported on the existence of the phenomenon of group polarization in committees or small groups of teachers or scholarly person set up to make decisions or choices but none of these studies reported on the variables of the teachers or the students which could have influenced the group polarization. Social comparison theory is one of the theories that explain how members are made up of small social groups. People think that people need to evaluate their opinions and abilities and often compare their opinions and performance with similar viewpoints and

After deliberation, people continue to move toward the biased direction and finally form an extreme view. It is a big reason that the phenomenon of polarization, the participation of people in the development of which events follow, and the addition of different forces. The most direct reason for the development of the incident is that many people, regardless of which side they represent, are extremely eager to promote the progress of the matter. The role he plays is not the “bystander” but the actual actor. All the events that form public opinion do not trigger the phenomenon of group polarization. In general, the phenomenon of group polarization will only occur under the following circumstances: There are many kinds of information but there is a large degree of ambiguity and a large number of contradictions are gathered. Involved in the relatively vulnerable groups, the strong party did not promptly properly handle the contrary, trying to hide the