Vanda has worked with her current coworkers for the last 10 years, and they are a close group of individuals
In an important group meeting to decide whether to market a new infant safety device, Vanda is assigned the role of "devil's advocate" by her boss. Her role is to bring up counterpoints to the points made and to closely examine the other side of what is being presented. Vanda's boss assigned this role in an attempt to prevent _____.
Fill in the blank with correct word
Answer: groupthink
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Select the description that does not describe Sigmund Freud's concept of personality.
A) Every person has an unconscious component that influences his or her behavior. B) Defense mechanisms defend the ego from experiencing anxiety about failing in its tasks. C) The superego is the moral part of the personality. D) The id operates in terms of the reality principle.
In psychoanalysis, the part of the personality that represents reason, good sense, and rational self-control is called the ________
a. libido. b. ego. c. superego. d. id.