5 points Save Answer In recent years the Internet has been

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5 points Save Answer In recent years the Internet has been recognized as a serious potential source of poor group decision making In particular social media services have been criticized for creating echo chambers In other words people in group discussions may have their own views echoed back to them leading to further reinforcement of their original beliefs Which finding in group psychology research most clearly supports this criticism a Like minded people tend to affiliate with one another which can provide support for existing opinions and reduce exposure to conflicting ideas b While working in groups individual group members often display reduced motivation or effort with the size of the effect dependent on how large the group becomes c You do not necessarily lose yourself in a group but your attention may shift from a personal identity to the identity of the surrounding group d When performing well practiced skills like riding a bicycle the group s presence helps performance but the group s presence hurts performance of newly learned skills