“After the Discussion, I am Even More Confident in My Point of View”: An Overview of Studies of Group Polarization

The polarization of the population in Russia is reflected psychological state society. article deals with phenomenon “group polarization”. First, we define formulated framework social psychology. Next, presented main theories that explain mechanism action this phenomenon. Further, considered more detail experiments aimed to study group empirically. Separately, studies also established features polarization, but were carried out related sciences. examples recent events took place illustrate process modern society period from 2014 2020. Based on described studies, need for a detailed empirical analysis current conditions Russia. Finally, outlined ways connection between and people’s behaviour.