Describe a group to which you belong (such as a religious institution, college c

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Describe a group to which you belong (such as a religious institution, college club, or fraternity or sorority) where an unhelpful group characteristic occurred (either social loafing, deindividuation, groupthink, or group polarization of unhealthy attitudes). Identify and describe the situation, clearly indicating the unhelpful aspect. Then, describe how minority influence could be used to counter the unhelpful group characteristic. Describe a group to which you belong (such as a religious institution, college club, or fraternity or sorority) where an unhelpful group characteristic occurred (either social loafing, deindividuation, groupthink, or group polarization of unhealthy attitudes). Identify and describe the situation, clearly indicating the unhelpful aspect. Then, describe how minority influence could be used to counter the unhelpful group characteristic.

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I belong to a college club. And the most common phenomenon that usy takes place amongst the group is that of group polarization.

It begin with group think, which involves having a view which takes into account the jumping on a bandwagon with respect to a certain view.

And the other aspect involves the phenomenon of group polarization which involves taking radical decision, either too weak or too strong that dont really help a situation.

This is considered as a unhelpful aspect as it leads to fallacious reasoning.

Minority influence can counter this effect, by having the tendency to play the devils advocate and shift the groups perspective to a more dynamic perspective.

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