When close-knit group members experience groupthink, it means that:
a. they tend to overestimate the personality factors of others and underestimate the situation.
b. they tend to use problem-solving procedures that have been effective in the group's past.
c. they tend to take individual credit for good decisions and blame the group for poor decisions.
d. they tend to think alike and to suppress disagreement for the sake of harmony.
Ans: d. they tend to think alike and to suppress disagreement for the sake of harmony.
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