Why Does Groupthink Occur

question 91

Multiple Choice

Why does groupthink occur?

• A) Group members want to avoid conformity at all costs.
• B) Group members carefully examine all available options,and then vote on the best solution.
• C) Group members constantly undermine the group's consensus.
• D) Group members usually want to be "team players."

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Definitions:

Aggregate Expenditure

The total amount of spending in an economy, consisting of consumer spending, investment, government spending, and net exports.

Marginal Propensity

The ratio of the change in an economic variable (such as consumption spending) to the change in another variable (such as income).

Planned Investment

Expenditures on capital goods by firms, intended to increase their future production capacity.

Marginal Propensity

The fraction of an additional amount of income that is spent on consumption.