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Imagine You Are Part of a Group of University Administrators

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Imagine you are part of a group of university administrators discussing whether or not to increase student tuition. How might this group fall prey to groupthink? And what strategies can you take to reduce groupthink in in this setting.


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Activation Synthesis Model

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Manifest Content

The actual literal content and storyline of a dream as remembered by the dreamer, according to Freudian dream analysis.

Latent Content

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