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vicky

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Sociologist Diane Vaughan investigated the tragedy of the 1986 Challenger explosion and found that engineers suspected damage to the O-rings, but convinced each other the O-rings would not fail. This is an example of:
 
  a. groupthink.
  b. tame shift.
  c. the minority report.
  d. risky shift.

Question 2

When pressures to agree within a group are so strong that they stifle critical thinking and group members simply hide their real opinions, the group has experienced:
 
  a. groupthink.
  b. convergence.
  c. choice shift.
  d. minority objection.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 1, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

a


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