1. Surojeet Sadhu Brajesh Pandey Mahendra Singh Rishabh Garg Ankit Garg

8. Question 2) High Status members in a group are given a wider range of discretion. They tend to be more assertive ,criticize more, state more commands and interrupt others more often. The status differences actually inhibit diversity of ideas and creativity in groups because lower-status members tend to be less active participants in group discussions and their expertise and insights are not likely to be fully utilized and they become less participative do not raise their opinion which results in a groupthink.

9. Question 4) How might group characteristics such as size and cohesiveness affect groupthink? Although size affects diversity of views but people grow more intimidated and hesitant as group size increases, they likely to feel less personal responsibility as group gets larger. Again because of large group size social loafing may occur where individuals expand less effort and conform to the group decision without any counter views. This generates the pressure on individuals holding counter views to reserve it to themselves. When a group is too cohesive, there is a tremendous desire of unanimity. Seeking consensus becomes an end in itself. There members tend to become unwilling to criticize one anothers’ ideas or suggestions