The ill-fated decision of President John
F. Kennedy and his advisors to invade Cuba best illustrates the dangers of

A) deindividuation.
B) social facilitation.
C) social control.
D) groupthink.

Groupthink is a phenomenon in which a group of people strive for consensus and unanimity at the expense of accurately assessing information and alternatives. The decision to invade Cuba was made by a small group of advisors, who were all in agreement with each other and failed to consider alternative perspectives or potential consequences. This ultimately led to a disastrous outcome.