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silviawilliams41 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Jan is the leader of a cohesive knowledge masters group that is preparing to compete against teams from other colleges. To prevent groupthink and ensure that her group is successful, she should

a. assess group members' opinions frequently using show of hand voting.
b. create a unified, cohesive membership to devise strategies together.
c. invite experts who are not members of the group to attend practice sessions and provide critical feedback.
d. take the group to a cabin in the mountains so that they are not distracted by other things.

Question 2

When groupthink occurs, there is extreme pressure to conform to the cohesive group; thus, people who may privately hold dissenting views tend to keep quiet, creating the

a. mindguard.
b. illusion of unanimity.
c. illusion of invulnerability.
d. transactive memory.