During the planning of the Bay of Pigs invasion in the 1960s, the drive for consensus among President Kennedy’s advisors prohibited discussions that may have prevented a disastrous mission. This situation best exemplifies which sociological concept?
a. bureaucracy
b. laissez-faire leadership
c. groupthink
d. group cohesiveness
Answer: C
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