What is groupthink? Briefly describe the causes of groupthink and ways to avoid it.
What will be an ideal response?
Groupthink is the tendency for highly cohesive groups to make faulty decisions as a result of the suspension of critical thinking. Groupthink is caused when highly cohesive groups, led by charismatic, directive leaders, make faulty decisions as a result of its members attempting to remain cohesive. Members may disagree with the decisions, but will not voice this dissent and stand apart from the group. Appointing someone to the devil’s advocate role, seeking additional information, and testing assumptions all help to avoid groupthink.
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= .2. The 95% confidence interval for p is
A. .1342 to .2658. B. .15 to .25. C. 0 to .4. D. .1216 to .2784.
Which of the following does NOT concern the physical distribution customer service level?
A. Sears' shirts are priced at a fair value. B. Honda wants enough bumpers to build cars that day. C. Safeway's loaves of bread are in stock and not crushed when customers want them. D. A vacationer wants Avis to have his rental car clean and ready when he arrives at the rental car counter. E. McDonald's has enough large cups so that customers can buy the larger size drinks which are on sale.
Online marketing, facilitated by the Internet, by which marketers can interact directly with customers, and consumers can interact with advertisers and vendors best describes
A) market segmenting. B) interactive marketing. C) augmented reality. D) online brokering.
In explaining starting salaries for graduates of psychology programs, which of the following independent variables would not best be represented with dummy variables?
a. Marital status b. Grade point average c. Race d. Gender