Victims of Groupthink Often Appoint Themselves as Mindguards to ________

question 79

Multiple Choice

Victims of groupthink often appoint themselves as mindguards to ________.

• A) minimize the seriousness of the doubts members raise and put tremendous pressure on them to agree to the group's consensus
• B) stereotype leaders of opposition groups in harsh terms and refuse to listen to their opinions or negotiate with them
• C) reassure themselves about obvious dangers, become overly optimistic, and be willing to take extraordinary risks
• D) protect the leader and other members of the group from adverse information that could cause conflict over the correctness of a course of action

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Definitions:

Outlier

An observation in data that is significantly distant from the rest of the observations, often indicating a measurement or entry error, or a novel or extreme value.

Positively Associated

A relationship between two variables where they move in the same direction, implying that as one variable increases, the other one also increases.

Above-average Values

Above-average values refer to data points or observations that exceed the average or mean value of the data set.

Scatterplot

A scatterplot is a graphical representation used to display the relationship between two variables, with data points plotted on a Cartesian coordinate system.