新托福词汇：群体极化 group polarization.pdfVIP

智 课 网 托 福 备 考 资 料 新托福词汇：群体极化 group polarization 在备考托福的过程中，考生需要适时掌握一些新托福词汇，作为托 福备考的扩展内容。都说集体的力量大，这句话放在很多场合还真的很 适用。所以，社会心理学就有了“群体极化(group polarization)”这样一个名词。 更多托福资讯、托福复习资料、课程培训请关注托福考试频道 · 智课小编为大家及时更新！ In social psychology, group polarization refers to the tendency for groups to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclination of its members. These more extreme decisions are towards greater risk if individuals initial tendencies are to be risky and towards greater caution if individuals initial tendencies are to be cautious. The phenomenon also holds that a groups attitude toward a situation may change in the sense that the individuals initial attitudes have strengthened and intensified after group discussion. 在社会心理学中，群体极化(group polarization)指群体所作的决 定一般都比其成员最初的意向更加极端。如果个人最初的意向是要冒险 的话，那么群体的决定会更加冒险;而如果个人最初的想法趋于谨慎的话 ，那么群体的决策会更加谨慎。这种现象也说明群体态度的变化趋势是 个人最初态度经过集体讨论后被强化的表现。 The phenomenon has shown that after participating in a discussion group, members tend to advocate more extreme positions and call for riskier courses of action than individuals who did not participate in any such discussion. 这个现象表明，与那些没有参与任何群体的人相比，群体内的成员 倾向于采取更加极端和冒险的行为方式和立场。 以上就是新托福词汇库中大家需要补充的词汇知识 ，希望考生们在 平常的积累中有意识地收集这类词汇，形成良好的习惯。