The members of Ike's fraternity think spending the entire activity fund for a midterm beer blast is reasonable. Ike does not think this is a good idea but he decides to keep quiet rather than offend his fraternity brothers and risk being ridiculed

This scenario illustrates a symptom of ________
a. groupthink.
b. deindividuation.
c. the diffusion of responsibility.
d. the self-serving bias.

Answer: a

Psychology

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