The tendency for members of a tightly knit group to be more

concerned with preserving group solidarity and uniformity than with objectively evaluating all alternatives in a decision is characteristic of _____
a) the actor-observer effect.
b) social facilitation.
c) groupthink.
d) social loafing.


Answer: c

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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