There Is a Vacancy for a New Psychology Professor at a Local

Multiple Choice

There is a vacancy for a new psychology professor at a local university. The majority of the faculty on the search committee want to hire Candidate A, but there is a small minority of the faculty who want to hire Candidate B. In which of the following situations is the minority viewpoint most likely to influence the majority viewpoint?

A) When the minority group members are from the physics department and when they initially agreed that they should hire Candidate A, but then changed their preference to Candidate B.
B) When the minority group members are also from the psychology department and when they initially agreed that they should hire Candidate A, but then changed their preference to Candidate B.
C) When the minority group members are from the physics department and when they believed from the start that they should hire Candidate B.
D) When the minority group members are also from the psychology department and when they believed from the start that they should hire Candidate B.