Question

Leaders of the United States Congress decided to make a stand to shut down the government so that various demands could be made. Despite the fact that many would be out of work, certain benefits would go unpaid, and the middle and lower class population would suffer tremendously, others followed the positions of the congressional leaders, and the government was shut down. This behavior is a good demonstration of _

Answer 1

Answer:

groupthink                        

Explanation:

Groupthink: In psychology, The term "groupthink" is described as one of the different psychological phenomena that tend to arise in a specific group of people whereby the desire or wish for conformity or harmony in a particular group may lead to creating a dysfunctional or an irrational "decision-making" outcome.

The theory of groupthink was discovered by a social psychologist named Irving Janis during 1972. Due to groupthink, faulty decision-making can occur in a particular group as a consequence of the power due to which the people of a group are combined together.

In the question above, the given statement signifies that the behavior is a good demonstration of "groupthink".