When President Kennedy chose to absent himself from strategy discussions by his Cabinet during the Cuban Missile Crisis, he avoided the tendency for his Cabinet members to figure out what he wanted and give it to him, thereby avoiding __________.

Cuban Missile Crisis

A critical Cold War confrontation in 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of nuclear missiles in Cuba.

Groupthink Tendency

A psychological phenomenon where the desire for consensus within a group leads to an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.