Surprises Found in Studying Groupthink There are many things that groups of people are capable of that might be surprising to someone who has not studied the theory. As there have been more tests throughout the theories history‚ scientist have found fascinating results. The first interesting discovery made while studying groupthink is‚ “Group deliberation often produces worse decisions than can be obtained without deliberation. (Often enough for epistemic concern.)” (Solomon‚ 2006). Despite most
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some point. Overall the Road Movie goes against the traditions and ideology of the old American Values. In the sense that this is a Road Movie‚ for the most part it conforms to these “rules” of Road Movies‚ however it is a hybrid comedy too‚ so it can’t incorporate the more serious attitudes of movies such as ‘Easy Rider’ and ‘Thelma and Louise’‚ due to the plot‚ although it does really fit in all the Road Movie aspects along the way. My particular extract focuses on the son‚ Dwayne‚ played by Paul
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Q.2 . What is groupthink. Explain. [10] According to Irving Janis(1972) ‚ groupthink is "a deterioration of mental efficiency‚ reality testing‚ and moral judgment resulting from in-group pressures". Thus‚ the overemphasis on consensus and agreement leads members to be unwilling to evaluate group members’ ideas critically. This hinders decision-making and becomes an obstacle to group productivity. Certain conditions favour the development of groupthink. i) The first condition is high cohesiveness
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Daisy Buchanan is Nicks cousin and is introduced to the story when Nick goes to her house for a visit. The house is a huge Georgian Colonial mansion situated in East Egg‚ overlooking the bay. She lives there with her husband‚ Tom‚ and her 3 month old daughter. It is clear from everything about them that they extremly rich and well off‚ but their money has made them arrogant. They feel that they‚ espically Tom‚ are better and more suprior than eveyone else and look down on and condesend to anyone
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Groupthink Groupthink is a practice of making decisions within a group that values unity rather than accuracy and discourages personal responsibility. In other words‚ groupthink is agreeing with a group out loud‚ although you may not agree with the group inside your mind. There are eight different symptoms that are involved with groupthink. The symptoms include the illusion of invulnerability‚ rationalization‚ inherent morality‚ stereotyped views‚ direct pressure‚ self-censorship‚ the illusion of
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"Group Decision Fiascoes Continue: Space Shuttle Challenger and a Revised Groupthink Framework" is a review of the tragedy that took place on January 28‚ 1986 when the space shuttle‚ Challenger‚ exploded shortly after launch. This review tells of how "groupthink" was the likely cause of the accident. The fact that we as a society so easily succumb to groupthink says a lot about us. First‚ it shows how we are a very conformist society. Peer pressure is still very difficult for us to resist even
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CHAPTER 9: THE VERDICT ON GROUPTHINK 1. In my experience‚ I found that decision-making groups do not tend toward groupthink. Groupthink is a mode of thinking that people engage in when they are deeply involved in a cohesive in-group‚ when the members’ striving for unanimity override their motivation to realistically appraise alternative courses of action. Groups displaying most of the symptoms of groupthink are more likely to display symptoms ofdefective decision making‚ resulting in poor policy
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1. Groupthink and polarization impacted the kids throughout the film; the class decided that they should have a name‚ and a uniform to set them apart from the rest. The students then started hanging out with only other in the class‚ and created a handshake. Group thinking caused the class to join into as one‚ they all had each others’ backs; Tim was getting bullied by a few students‚ that weren’t in the cult‚ and a few of the members in the wave came to rescue and punk the other guys. Polarization
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Groupthink is a deterioration of mental efficiency‚ reality testing‚ and moral judgment that results from in-group pressure (Verderber‚ Verderber‚ & Sellnow‚ 2011). Groups affected by groupthink ignore alternatives and tend to take irrational actions that dehumanize other groups (Miller‚ 2010). A group is especially vulnerable to groupthink when its members are similar in background‚ when the group is insulated from outside opinions‚ and when there are no clear rules for decision making (Miller
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