What is groupthink? A) pressure from above on group members designed to eliminate leadership

B) modification of the opinions of members of a group to align with what they believe is the group consensusC) arguments between group members that result in the dissolution of the groupD) modification of the opinions of leadership to agree with the numerical minority

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Tate Wilkerson

28 June, 22:38

What is groupthink? A) pressure from above on group members designed to eliminate leadership

B) modification of the opinions of members of a group to align with what they believe is the group consensusC) arguments between group members that result in the dissolution of the groupD) modification of the opinions of leadership to agree with the numerical minority

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Curtis Wheeler · Answer 1

B) modification of the opinions of members of a group to align with what they believe is the group consensus

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Groupthink: In social psychology, the term groupthink was proposed by Irving Janis in 1972, and is defined as a psychological phenomenon that arises in a particular group of people that possesses the desire or need for conformity and harmony in the group members often leads to a dysfunctional or an irrational decision-making outcome.

Groupthink often results in the faulty decision-making process in a try to keep the group members intact.