What is groupthink and why does it occur?

What will be an ideal response?


Groupthink refers to a situation in which pressures toward uniformity discourage members of the group from expressing their reservations about group decisions, sometimes with tragic results. It occurs when group members are hesitant to break from assumed consensus, when members are more focused on a unified position than making the best decisions possible.

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Central to the Alcoholics Anonymous program is the view of alcoholism as __________

a. an obsession b. a moral character deficiency c. a crime d. an infection e. an allergy

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What is a key difference between working class families and middle class families?

a. There is more emphasis on kinship in working class families than in middle class families. b. There are more connections with nonfamilial institutions in working class families than in middle class families. c. There is less emphasis on working mothers in working class families than in middle class families. d. There has been less pressure of job loss in working class families than in middle class families.

Sociology

The U.S. Census Bureau defines a family as two or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption who share a(n) __________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Sociology

Decentralization is a process designed to

a. Break up large ethnically diverse states into smaller more homogenous states b. Strengthen authoritarian governments by giving money to local areas for projects c. Transfer power to citizens and their local representatives moving decision making closer to people whose lives they affect d. Detach rural areas from the urban power centers so that they do not drain resources from the cities

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