Groupthink for me is a collaboration of multiple minds in one particular subject. It's like the group works or group projects we have in school. I for one, personally enjoy having this kinds of experiences because I learn from my group mates, I acquire new ideas from them, and more. It's not simply of pitching in idea after idea after idea, but it's also a matter of learning from others. Sometimes, it's difficult for someone to share their own idea because of two things :
1.) He/she is afraid of being judged by his/her peers. Therefore he/she remains silent and just nods along. Knowing deep inside that his/her idea is tenfolds better than the group agreed on.
2.) So we can finish quickly and go home.
There's more, another reason that I enjoy working in groups is, you gain friends. People that had been randomly grouped with you, you get to know them. There's also the opportunity to practice leadership and people skilsl while in a group.
On a kind of a negative note, one thing I like about groups is, you can sometimes just rely on others to do the work and then you still get a good grade come submission. Haha. Kidding aside, these things for me are just some that I take notice in when I experience groupthink. :)
I think your last statement about just letting the groups do the work is a symptom of GroupThink. Members might choose not to say anything and just let the other people perform the task. Over cohesion or overestimation of the group could be a direct reason of just letting the group do the work.
TumugonBurahinP.S. Don't join me in my group hahaha
Tsk tsk Rico. Don't be a parasite haha!
TumugonBurahin...but what you say is true though for both the positive and negative sides. I also enjoy group works simply because I enjoy the company of others and there would be less margin of error for me since I would not do all the work. Though sometimes I think I will be of no use to the group so I just agree to what the group says or sit back relax and let others do the work.
P.S. I usually group with Vic lol