Prabhjot Kaur Communication Theory Final Paper ASSUMPTIONS: A high level of cohesiveness is usually present when groupthink occurs‚ and there is a great reluctance on the part of group members to stray from the group’s position. They do not want to leave‚ be forced out‚ or be ignored by other members. This “oneness” associated with cohesiveness is typically a desirable condition except when the group relies too much on solidarity that the desirable ends are not focused on. They are likely
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What Is the Difference Between Group Polarization and Groupthink? When we join together in groups‚ most times we have to make decisions about something the group will do. Social psychologists have discovered tendencies which we do while making group decisions. Two of theses tendencies are group polarization and groupthink. Group polarization refers to a situation in which the attitudes or decisions of people in the group come on much stronger than in actuality. Usually when people with different
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Irving L. Janis’ Victims of Groupthink Author(s): Paul’t Hart Source: Political Psychology‚ Vol. 12‚ No. 2 (Jun.‚ 1991)‚ pp. 247-278 Published by: International Society of Political Psychology Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3791464 Accessed: 11/01/2010 13:57 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part‚ that unless
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going through a depression? Well here are some symptoms: Sadness and loss of satisfaction in things once enjoyed are probably the most known symptoms. But some symptoms are sometimes overlooked. Guilt is one symptom that coincides with depression immensely. When feelings of guilt are put on a person they lose what hope they once had. They blame themselves for things that they are not accountable for and have extreme feelings of hopelessness. Other symptoms overlooked are insomnia and loss of appetite
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Groupthink is when you are placed in a situation where a group of people believe that the majority vote is the best idea‚ that everyone has the same idea so not everyone speaks up‚ and a limit to the individual thought process. The consequence of this process is that not all ideas or thoughts are express. This means that right or the best option to a problem is never expressed. In a group the majority vote makes one idea get voted over another which means that some people individual ideas get covered
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Avoiding the Groupthink Trap Remain impartial. The leader should not take a directive role but should remain impartial. Seek outside opinions. The leader should invite outside opinions from people who are not members of the group and who are less concerned with maintaining group cohesiveness. Create subgroups. The leader should divide the groups into subgroups that first meet separately and then meet together to discuss their different recommendations. Seek anonymous opinions. The
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In 1971‚ Irving Janis created the theory of groupthink following an examination of several U.S. foreign policy disasters‚ including the failure at the Bay of Pigs‚ the U.S. involvement with Vietnam‚ the Korean War‚ and the attack on Pearl Harbor. He then compared the commonalities between the events to a considerable extent‚ grouping them into a theory that he labeled ‘groupthink.’ Janis defined groupthink as a “psychological drive for consensus at any cost that suppresses
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