The fraternity president began the meeting by stating that all new pledges should be required to live in the fraternity house for one year and that fees should be increased 25% to raise the money needed for a new game room. The group knew that this move might cause a reduction in the number of people willing to join, but they chose to ignore this and other problems and concentrated only on
getting a consensus. Their behavior illustrates:
a. informational social influence
b. social interference
c. groupthink
d. group polarization
C
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