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Groups make riskier decisions than individuals alone.
Group polarization describes the finding that group discussion often leads members to advocate for more extreme positions than they held individually; risky shift is a specific subset of this phenomenon where the extreme position is specifically the riskier one.
Change 'Risky shift' to 'Group polarization' to accurately reflect the definition provided.
Your caution often evaporates when you are in a room with others.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Stoner, 1961, A Comparison of Individual and Group Decisions
- What the check found
- The claim defines risky shift using the definition for group polarization. While Stoner (1961) identified the risky shift, it is a subset of the broader group polarization effect, not the entire concept.
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
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