Becca asked Kevin, one of her team members, to purposefully think of and voice criticisms as the group discussed a popular idea to open a branch office in another state. This is an example of the use of
A. devil's advocacy.
B. groupthink.
C. the dialectic method.
D. storming.
E. dysfunctional conflict.
A. devil's advocacy.
Devil's advocacy is the process of assigning someone to play the role of critic to voice possible objections to a proposal and thereby generate critical thinking and reality testing.
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