Consistent with what is known about group polarization,Schkade and Sunstein (2003)found that on federal appellate court cases,a Republican judge sitting with two other Republican judges voted _____ than when sitting with one Democratic judge.
A)more liberally
B)more conservatively
C)more predictably
D)less predictably

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Group polarization refers to the phenomenon where group discussion tends to shift group members' opinions towards the extreme. In this case, since the judges are all Republican, the group polarization effect would likely lead them to become more conservative in their voting when they are in a group. Schkade and Sunstein's finding that the judges voted more conservatively when sitting with two other Republican judges suggests that group polarization is at work in this context.

Consistent with What Is Known About Group Polarization,Schkade and Sunstein