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GROUP DECISIONS
- True or False: According to James Stoner's research findings, people are far more likely to make risky decisions when they are making individual decisions than they are when making decisions in groups.
a. True
b. False
- Social psychologists suggest that massive failures such as the Bay of Pigs invasion or the space shuttle Challenger accident are the result of
a. bad karma.
b. poor timing.
c. unexplained forces.
d. poor decision making.
- True or False: It has been suggested that space shuttle Challenger explosion resulted from, among other things, faulty decision-making processes.
a. True
b. False
- According to sociologist Irving Janis, groupthink occurs when
a. the members of a group become excessively concerned with reaching consensus and keeping conflicts to a minimum.
b. the members of a group are unconvinced of the group's power to make a rational decision.
c. the members of the group are not concerned with reaching consensus and keeping conflicts to a minimum.
d. individuals oppose group norms.
- Sometimes groups are overconfident that past successes will continue. This phenomenon is referred to by social psychologists as:
a. the illusion of unanimity.
b. the Bay of Pigs invasion.
c. Mind Guards.
d. the illusion of invulnerability.
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