Ryan, Jerry, and Mark belong to Sigma Phi Upsilon fraternity. They pride themselves on being a group of solid students with leadership abilities. As a result, they often seem to hijack Fraternity Council Leadership meetings. Clearly, they feel they know how all the fraternities on campus should operate. This very high level of cohesiveness in a group

A. enhances critical thinking.
B. causes groupthink.
C. results in the best decisions.
D. increases cooperation of the group.
E. heightens individual perceptions.

A Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.

Hence the answer is option B.

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01-04-2020

Answer:

B. causes groupthink.

Explanation:

There are so many main causes of groupthink. These include :

a ) group cohesiveness

b) overall group isolation

c) group leadership and

d) decision-making stress.

High levels of cohesiveness will reduce the amount of verbal dissension within a very close group, due to interpersonal pressure to conform.

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