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What Is "Groupthink"? What Causes It? How Would a Manager

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What is "groupthink"? What causes it? How would a manager be able to recognize that groupthink is occurring? Now describe a situation in which you experienced or viewed groupthink.


Definitions:

Clever Hans Effect

The phenomenon where individuals subconsciously influence the outcome of a study due to their expectations.

Double-blind Study

A research method in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment, thereby eliminating bias.

Control Group

A control group is a group in an experiment or study that does not receive the experimental treatment and is used as a benchmark to measure the effects of the treatment.

Blind Observer

An individual who assesses experimental data without knowledge of the test subjects' conditions to prevent bias in research findings.

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