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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