What are some of the major symptoms of groupthink Can you gi

What are some of the major symptoms of groupthink? Can you give an example from your own experience where groupthink may have occurred?

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Solution

Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon. It occurs within a group of people where members of the group make an irrational choice or irrational decision in order to maintain a harmony or conformity.

Major symptoms of groupthink are:

My own experience of groupthink is: I am a member of a local club where members go for a drink, a game of cards, some entertainment programs with their family. The club is housed in a 100 year old structure and there was a proposal to raze the old structure and build a new structure.

The decision making rights rests with the directors of the club. There are 10 directors and they are elected by the members of the club on an annual basis. The directors took an irrational decision of not razing the old structure. The directors had strong bond and worked as a cohesive unit. They wanted to maintain the conformity in the group and thus made the irrational choice.