John Wants to Examine Whether Social Comparison Processes Help Explain

Multiple Choice

John wants to examine whether social comparison processes help explain why the group polarization effect occurs, beyond the effects of persuasive arguments. He decides to conduct an experiment. John should expose individual group members to ________ to see if group polarization still occurs.

A) a pool of specific arguments without conveying any information about the positions endorsed by the rest of the group
B) the positions endorsed by the rest of the group without conveying the specific content of their arguments
C) the positions endorsed by all others in the group and the specific content of their respective arguments
D) a pool of specific arguments and ask them to guess which other group member(s) made them