The fraternity president began the meeting by stating that all new pledges should be required to live in the fraternity house for one year and that fees should be increased 25% to raise the money needed for a new game room.The group knew that this move might cause a reduction in the number of people willing to join, but they chose to ignore this and other problems and concentrated only on getting a consensus.Their behavior illustrates:

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The behavior described in the scenario is an example of groupthink, where the members of the group prioritize consensus over critical thinking and may ignore potential problems and risks in order to maintain group harmony. The fact that they chose to ignore the potential reduction in new pledges and only focused on getting a consensus demonstrates this tendency towards groupthink. The other answer choices do not fit the scenario as well.

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