When Members of a Group Are Overconfident and Willing to Assume

question 262

Multiple Choice

When members of a group are overconfident and willing to assume great risks and ignore obvious danger signs, it is called

• A)illusion of invulnerability.
• B)rationalization.
• C)illusion of morality.
• D)self-censorship.
• E)illusion of unanimity.

Distinguish between manipulation and ethical persuasion techniques.

Understand the principles of probability and its application in real-world scenarios.

Apply the normal distribution and its properties to calculate probabilities.

Utilize the Poisson approximation to the binomial distribution for probability calculations.

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