As Society: The Basics states, groupthink is “the tendency of group members to conform, resulting in a narrow view of some issue” (Macionis, 127). Groupthink occurs in many different places – whether it be the classroom or the Cabinet Room. In both places, it can have dangerous repercussions. Groupthink causes for decisions to become unanimous. Even if someone does disagree with the overall decision being made, they are likely to not express their opinion for many different reasons. For example, one may not speak up because they do not want to deviate from the norm of the group, they feel subordinate, etc. Groupthink can be dangerous because when extremely important decisions are being made, if groupthink occurs and no one deviates from what
