Sociologist Diane Vaughan investigated the tragedy of the 1986 Challenger explosion and found that engineers suspected damage to the O-rings, but convinced each other the O-rings would not fail. This is an example of:
a. groupthink.
b. tame shift.
c. the minority report.
d. risky shift.
a
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a. Imitation, play, game, generalized other b. Imitation, generalized other, play, game c. Imitation, game, play, generalized other d. Imitation, generalized other, game, play
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)