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groupthink::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | deciding, decision making |
Examples of groupthink
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As an alternative to Janis'model, Baron proposes a ubiquity model of groupthink.
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Janis offered the 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion as a historical case of groupthink.
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The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 was a prime example of groupthink.
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These findings refute Janis'claim about group cohesiveness predicting groupthink.
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This phenomenon is called group homogeneity, which is an antecedent to groupthink.
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And with any robust community, there's the danger of succumbing to groupthink.
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Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within groups of people.
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Instead, they often opt to measure particular factors of the groupthink phenomenon.
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I agree that diversity can sometimes help in staving off stagnation and groupthink.
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- Decision making by a group (especially in a manner that discourages creativity or individual responsibility)
- Groupthink is a type of thought within a deeply cohesive in-group whose members try to minimize conflict and reach consensus without critically testing, analyzing, and evaluating ideas. It is a second potential negative consequence of group cohesion.
- A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance or conformity to a perceived majority view
- This is the effect when a group works together and is sufficiently similar either by group membership or by training that they "think as one". ...
- Process where members of a group start thinking alike and there are less individual ideas and creativity.
- The tendency for decision making groups to reach a conclusion that is extreme and which tend to be unwise or unrealistic, as a result of discounting information that is inconsistent with their view and expressing disapproval against any member who disagrees.
- The forces that tend to suppress or resist divergent thinking when a group is working to accomplish a specific task within a limited period of time.
- A group communication process where high group cohesiveness impairs decisions by stimulating premature closure on important issues. ...
- The tendency to make decisions intended primarily to promote the harmony of the group
