Group Polarization in a Non-Risk-Taking Culture

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ID2315603
AutoresEthan Gologor (Empire State College, SUNY, autor de correspondencia)
Año1977
Volumen8
Número3
Páginas331-346
Fecha de publicación1977-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-0221 • E-ISSN: 1552-5422
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/002202217783006
OpenAlexW2104534893
IdiomaEN
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Issues concerning the significance of the risky-shift phenomenon have recently been raised. One argument treats the phenomenon as an instance of a more general finding of group polarization. Experimentation in an African culture was conducted to shed light on these questions as well as on an earlier posed explanation of the risky-shift as being attributed to cultural values. Liberian high school students participated in the experiment which used original and culturally apt choice-dilemmas. Results supported the idea of group polarization and not the risky-shift. Differences were not found among groups of different sexual composition nor in taking risks for oneself compared to others

Argument (complex analysis · Cultural phenomenon · Epistemology · Phenomenon · Polarization (electrochemistry · Sociology · Anthropology · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Cultural Differences and Values · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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