Groupthink vs Brainstorming - What's the difference?
groupthink | brainstorming |
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
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* 2012 , (Christopher Clark), The Sleepwalkers , Penguin 2013, p. 395:
A method of problem solving in which members of a group contribute ideas spontaneously.
As nouns the difference between groupthink and brainstorming
is that groupthink is a process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view while brainstorming is a method of problem solving in which members of a group contribute ideas spontaneously.As a verb brainstorming is
present participle of lang=en.groupthink
English
(wikipedia groupthink)Alternative forms
* group-thinkNoun
(-)Slate Magazine, Tuesday, July 12, 2005:
- This gang-bang speaks more to journalistic groupthink than to any real moral or legal reasoning.
- A militant group-think seized hold of the ministry.
