What Is One Explanation for the Mixed Results of the Brainstorming

question 85

Multiple Choice

What is one explanation for the mixed results of the brainstorming study with the advertising personnel employed by the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

• A) groupthink
• B) pluralistic ignorance
• C) diffusion of responsibility
• D) wisdom of crowds

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