Practicing Success
Practicing Success
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| Groupthink is a phenomenon in which a group's desire for unanimity and cohesion overrides critical thinking and objective decision-making. In a groupthink situation, members prioritize maintaining harmony and avoiding conflict over carefully evaluating different perspectives and potential risks. Dissenting opinions are suppressed or not expressed to preserve group cohesion, leading to a false sense of consensus. Groupthink can result in poor decision-making, as the group becomes insulated from external input and fails to consider alternative viewpoints or potential pitfalls. To counteract groupthink, it is important to encourage open and diverse discussions, welcome dissenting opinions, seek external evaluations, and promote critical thinking within the group. |
Which of the following is a one way to counteract groupthink? |
Avoiding outside evaluation of decisions Maintaining a socially homogenous group Minimizing cues from the real world None of the above |
| None of the above |
To counteract or prevent groupthink, several strategies can be employed:
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