MO 300 Final exam with 100% correct solutions 2024

"g-factor" correct answers "General" ability => visual, spatial, verbal, quantitative "c-factor" correct answers Collective intelligence factor Teams > sum of parts What leads to collective intelligence? correct answers Group composition (social perceptiveness) Group communication Pluralistic Ignorance correct answers Norm for consensus overrides realistic appraisal of alternative courses of action Groupthink Symptoms correct answers 1) Overestimation of the group -illusion of invulnerability -collective rationalization 2) Self-censorship -pressure toward uniformity -illusion of unanimity 3) Escalation of commitment Overestimation of the group correct answers *Groupthink symptom -Illusion of invulnerability: creates excessive optimism that encourages taking extreme risks -Collective rationalization: members discount warnings and do not reconsider their assumptions Overestimation of group examples from Everest correct answers "I've led tons of clients up the mountain" => illusion of invulnerability "soft 2:00 pm" => collective rationalization Self censorship correct answers *Groupthink symptom -Illusion of unanimity: majority view and judgments are assumed to be unanimous -pressure not to express arguments against group's views Self censorship example from Everest correct answers Weather is turning but everyone seems fine... "I don't want to ruin the trip" => social pressure to not speak up Escalation of commitment correct answers *Groupthink symptom -patterns of interaction early on determine actions throughou