To Counteract Groupthink on a Merchandising Team, a Manager Decides

question 33

Multiple Choice

To counteract groupthink on a merchandising team, a manager decides to brings in two

• A)female co-workers because five of the nine current members are women.
• B)co-workers of Mexican descent because none of the current members have a Latino background.
• C)co-workers who agree with the ideas of most of the current members.
• D)male co-workers who agree with the ideas of four current female members in order to create a majority.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Affective Processing Systems

A model explaining individual's thoughts and emotions interact and how they impact behavior.

Personality

A mix of properties or features that define a person's individual nature.

Walter Mischel

A psychologist known for his work on personality theory and cognitive-affective models, including the concept of self-control as demonstrated in the Marshmallow Test.

Sigmund Freud

An Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.