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The Influence of Cliques
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Overview
In this segment, three high school girls describe the cliques in their school and what makes someone popular.

Web Connections
Center for the Study of Group Processes
http://www.uiowa.edu/~grpproc/

Group Dynamics Resource Page
http://www.richmond.edu/~dforsyth/gd/



Pre-Test




1Do the teenagers in this segment evaluate each other's opinions and abilities by comparing themselves to others?



2Are the teenagers in this segment an example of group polarization? In other words, does the group enhance the members' preexisting tendencies? Does it strengthen the members' average tendency?

Post-Test




3These teenagers compare themselves to other cliques in their school by comparing personality and attractiveness.
A)True
B)False



4This group of teenagers is an example of group polarization because they each hold a strong opinion that another person in the group does not.
A)True
B)False



5These teenagers describe the influence of a group by explaining that the cheerleaders are a clique and that they always talk about cheerleading.
A)True
B)False







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