One of the symptoms of groupthink is closed-mindedness. Explain this symptom and provide an example of closed-mindedness.
What will be an ideal response?
Responses should include the notions that closed-mindedness demonstrates polarized thinking, which means viewing the world in extremes. Things are perceived either as good or bad, right or wrong. If they are good, they are wholly good; if they are bad, they are wholly bad. If a decision is right, it must be completely right.
Communication & Mass Media
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