Recently, You Observed a Group in Action at Hillcrest Electronics

Recently, you observed a group in action at Hillcrest Electronics. The group was engaged in an activity where freewheeling was encouraged, no ideas were too wild to be considered, group members were not allowed to criticize ideas as they were being generated, and group members were encouraged to piggyback on or combine previously stated ideas. What you observed was __________ in action.

A) devil's advocacy
B) dialectical inquiry
C) the nominal group technique
D) groupthink
E) brainstorming