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What is the term for the tendency of groups working together for some time to make poor decisions due to social pressures?
What is the term for the tendency of groups working together for some time to make poor decisions due to social pressures?
- Groupthink (correct)
- Decision conferencing
- Risky shift
- Illusion of invulnerability
Which phenomenon refers to groups trend to make riskier decisions than individuals?
Which phenomenon refers to groups trend to make riskier decisions than individuals?
- Groupthink
- Risky shift (correct)
- Collective rationalisation
- Illusion of invulnerability
What does unstructured group processes refer to?
What does unstructured group processes refer to?
- Meetings of decision makers with no control over the flow of discussion or use of structured decision making methods (correct)
- Tendency of groups to make poor decisions due to social pressures
- Excessive optimism and taking extreme risks
- Groups making riskier decisions than individuals
What is the main danger associated with unstructured group processes?
What is the main danger associated with unstructured group processes?
Which method uses a socially interactive approach to generate a shared understanding of a problem and produce a commitment to action?
Which method uses a socially interactive approach to generate a shared understanding of a problem and produce a commitment to action?
What is one of the potential dangers of group decision making?
What is one of the potential dangers of group decision making?
What is the USS Scorpion example used for?
What is the USS Scorpion example used for?
What is the main concern with groupthink in decision making?
What is the main concern with groupthink in decision making?
What is one of the advantages of group decision making?
What is one of the advantages of group decision making?
What does Condorcet’s Paradox and Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem relate to?
What does Condorcet’s Paradox and Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem relate to?
Which phenomenon refers to the tendency of groups working together for some time to make poor decisions due to social pressures?
Which phenomenon refers to the tendency of groups working together for some time to make poor decisions due to social pressures?
What is the main danger associated with unstructured group processes?
What is the main danger associated with unstructured group processes?
What is one of the potential dangers of group decision making?
What is one of the potential dangers of group decision making?
What does Condorcet’s Paradox and Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem relate to?
What does Condorcet’s Paradox and Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem relate to?
What does the USS Scorpion example demonstrate?
What does the USS Scorpion example demonstrate?
What is the main danger associated with unstructured group processes?
What is the main danger associated with unstructured group processes?
Which symptom of groupthink involves the false assumption that silence implies consent?
Which symptom of groupthink involves the false assumption that silence implies consent?
What method uses a socially interactive approach to generate a shared understanding of a problem and produce a commitment to action?
What method uses a socially interactive approach to generate a shared understanding of a problem and produce a commitment to action?
What is the tendency of groups working together for some time to make poor decisions due to social pressures?
What is the tendency of groups working together for some time to make poor decisions due to social pressures?
Which phenomenon refers to groups tending to make riskier decisions than individuals?
Which phenomenon refers to groups tending to make riskier decisions than individuals?
