What Is the Danger of Too Much Group Cohesion

question 53

Multiple Choice

What is the danger of too much group cohesion?

• A) It leads to endless rounds of discussion that tend to preclude any real action.
• B) It makes group members more susceptible to anomie, or normlessness.
• C) It reduces the degree to which members are attracted to the group.
• D) It can lead to groupthink, in which dissenting opinions are strongly discouraged.

---

Definitions:

Power

The ability or capacity to influence or control the behavior of others, or the course of events.

Prestige

The respect and admiration that an individual or organization gains based on achievements, quality, or position.

California Q-Set

An assessment tool used in psychology to measure personality traits, attitudes, and behaviors through the ranking of descriptive items.

Quantitative Factor Analysis

A statistical method used to describe variability among observed, correlated variables in terms of fewer unobserved variables, called factors.