Group Think and Transactive Memory

Group think is a gathering of people who make decisions based on the amount of conflict that it will cause, meaning the "group" will do anything to avoid conflict. Thus, due to avoiding conflict many thoughts and ideas are not heard because people will think of themselves as foolish, or just "different" from the other within the group. An example of group think was the attacks on Pearl Harbor. These attacks could have been stopped, however the US chose not produce conflict and thus in the end had conflict brought towards them.

Transactive memory involves a group that uses each individuals memories in order to receive specific quantities of information. For example, when studying for a test a group relies on different individuals memories from class in order to complete the study guide and hopefully earn an "A" on the next exam.