Question

A group of microbiology students has been working on a semester-long project that will determine 50 percent of the students' course grades. a week before the project is due, the students realize they have made a critical error and their results are useless. one member of the group argues strongly that they should falsify their results so they will be able to turn in a successful project. though all the other members have doubts, none of them feels comfortable saying so. all the members ignore the possibility of being caught and convince themselves to falsify the report. this scenario is an example of:

Answer 1

This scenario is an example of GROUP THINKING.
Group thinking refers to the psychological phenomenon which normally occur withing a team or a group of people as a result of desire for harmony and conformity within the group. In the process of conforming to the group, irrational decisions are usually made.