The Planning Committee Routinely Shut Down Disagreement and Encouraged Allegiance

question 124

Multiple Choice

The planning committee routinely shut down disagreement and encouraged allegiance to the leader's ideas. What is the term for this type of group dynamic

• A) wisdom of crowds
• B) spiral of silence
• C) groupthink
• D) pluralistic ignorance

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Definitions:

Psychosexual Development

Freud's theory describing how personality develops in childhood through a series of stages centered on erogenous zones.

Fixation

In psychoanalytic theory, a persistent focus of the id’s pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier stage of psychosexual development.

Reciprocal Determinism

The theory that a person's behavior is both influenced by and influences their personal factors and the environment.

Defence Mechanism

Subconscious methods employed to safeguard someone from the anxiety that stems from impermissible sentiments or thoughts.