Author Question: Irving Janis was fascinated by how a group of intelligent men such as President John F. Kennedy and ... (Read 119 times)

jhjkgdfhk · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Irving Janis was fascinated by how a group of intelligent men such as President John F. Kennedy and his advisors could make such a disastrous decision when they authorized the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion.

To find out, Janis began his study of decision-making in groups that eventually led to the phenomenon of groupthink. Janis's hypothesis-generating heuristic could best be described as
a. an attempt to resolve conflicting results.
b. an effort to understand a paradoxical incident.
c. an effort to improve on older ideas.
d. the use of metaphors.

Question 2

Mary suspects that a new violent afternoon TV show is the reason for her son's sudden increase in aggressive behavior towards his sister. Which research approach would best help Mary evaluate this suspicion?

a. correlational
b. descriptive
c. relational
d. experimental