The tendency for groups to validate wrong decisions, since individual members tend to go along with ideas they think the others support, is called?
Correct answer: A. groupthink
- A. groupthink
- B. de-optimizing.
- C. parochialism.
- D. bureaucratic politics.
Explanation
Groupthink is the pressure within a group to conform to an apparent consensus, even when that consensus leads to a bad decision. Parochialism instead means viewing issues narrowly from one’s own institutional or national perspective.
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