Groupthink: Pros And Cons

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 unanimity, and mind guards, Groupthink has benefits, but it also has downsides. In my opinion, groupthink has both pros and cons. The upside to groupthink is that it prevents complications. If someone within a group compromises with the other people in the group, then it avoids the problem of having different opinions or ideas. Groupthink also makes a process quicker and easier because there is no need to discuss differences if there is none. The downside to groupthink is that it stops people from having
Usually, when I am put into a group at my school, my group works together well but we incorporate all of our ideas into the thing we are working on so that nobody is left out. If I was in a situation where groupthink occurs I may respond in two ways. The first way I might respond is to ask everyone if they feel like their opinions or thoughts are being heard by the group. If they told me that their thoughts were not being included, then I would ask the group if we could somehow involve other ideas into the work. The second way I might respond is not my ideal response but I could do nothing. I am a relatively shy person and I don’t like to cause drama, so if I was in a situation where saying something would likely cause problems within the group then I would avoid saying something. Plus, groupthink is not also a bad thing as I previously said, so in some cases, I may not need to say anything about