Interpersonal Comparisons and Informational Influences in Group Polarization in 12 Angry Men
Words: 524 Pages: 2 1039Group polarization can be defined as the tendency for a group to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclination of its members. In their paper, Myers and Lamm mention two theoretical explanation for this tendency, the interpersonal comparison explanation concering normative influences and the informational influence explanation regarding persuasive arguments. In the movie “12 Angry Men, we can see how these theories do not function as separate processes, but feed each other. In their informational influence explanation […]