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12:55 Nov 27, 2009
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Social Sciences - Psychology
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English term or phrase: groupthink
Definition from American Psychological Association:
The tendency of a decision-making group to filter out undesirable input so that a consensus may be reached, especially if it is in line with the leader's viewpoint.

Example sentence(s):
  • A group is especially vulnerable to groupthink when its members are similar in background, when the group is insulated from outside opinions, and when there are no clear rules for decision making. psysr.org
  • Another description, as it applies to education and group projects, is that "Groupthink is a process of gradualism that seeks to gently merge the followers into a pack with leaders, the hope being that the leaders will pull up those who typically reside on the low end of the motivation and achievement scale sourcewatch.org
  • Groups experiencing groupthink do not consider all alternatives and they desire unanimity at the expense of quality decisions. Small Group Communication
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4 +1grupinis mąstymas
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grupinis mąstymas


Definition from distance.ktu:
Toks individų mąstymo būdas, kai sutarimo siekis grupėje tampa toks stiprus, kad nebeįmanoma realistiškai įvertinti alternatyvių veiksmų kursų.

Example sentence(s):
  • Grupinį mąstymą galima apibūdinti kaip žmonių, visiškai įsitraukusių į vieningą grupę, mąstymo būdą; šioje grupėje vieningos nuomonės siekimas yra svarbesnis nei realus galimų variantų vertinimas. Tokios grupės nariai didžiausią dėmesį skiria grupės vienybei ir, nenorėdami jos išardyti, neišsako nuomonės, kuri skiriasi nuo kitų nuomonės. - mokslai.lt  
  • Kur kultūra stipri – žmonės veikia todėl, kad jie tiki, kad tai, ką jie daro, yra tai, ką reikėtų daryti. Tačiau šiuo atveju egzistuoja kito reiškinio rizika: pernelyg grupinio mąstymo (angl. Groupthink). - Wikipedia  
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