When Group Members Maintain or Seek Consensus at the Expense

question 102

True/False

When group members maintain or seek consensus at the expense of identifying and earnestly debating honest disagreements, groupthink is said to occur.

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Definitions:

Error Variance

The variability in a set of data that cannot be attributed to the factors being studied, often resulting from measurement errors or other inconsistencies.

Dependent Sample Designs

Research designs involving comparisons of measurements from the same group of subjects under different conditions or at different times.

Extraneous Variables

Factors in a study that could undermine the internal validity by influencing the dependent variable in a way not intended by the research.

Independent Variables

Variables in an experiment that are manipulated or changed by the researcher to observe their effect on dependent variables.