“After the Discussion, I am Even More Confident in My Point of View”: An Overview of Studies of Group Polarization
Journal: Review of Business and Economics Studies
Year: 2021

The polarization of the population in Russia is reflected in the psychological state of society. The article deals with the phenomenon of “group polarization”. First, we define the phenomenon formulated in the framework of social psychology. Next, we presented the main theories that explain the mechanism of action of this phenomenon. Further, we considered in more detail psychological experiments aimed to study group polarization empirically. Separately, we considered studies that also establish