What Is The Difference Between Middle School Girls And Groupthink

Groupthink and Middle School Girls Groupthink is an approach used by a cohesive in-group, which unity of a decision dictates over an individual’s’ drive to evaluate different courses of action (Janis, 1971, p. 186). Everyone who has worked in a group has witnessed groupthink or aspects of groupthink. Groupthink was a large part of my life in middle school. I was new to the “popular group” and I was excited to be associated with them. One day, at a sleepover with my new “friends,” the leader of the group, Emily (a pseudonym), decided that we should go egg/TP a fellow classmate’s house who Emily disliked. I first opposed; however, the other three members of the group explained that we should and nothing bad was going to happen. Trying to increase
187-190). The first symptom, invulnerability: Everyone in the group believed that nothing bad was going to happen and felt a sense of infallibility. Secondly, pressure: I was worried at first; however, everyone was sure that it was no big deal and because I wanted to be accepted in the group, I conformed to what the leader and the rest of the group believed. Third and fourth, self-censorship and morality: After I realized that everyone else was so sure of pulling the prank, I felt like I was the only one who questioned the idea so I stopped questioning Emily and ignored by ethical beliefs. Fifth and sixth symptom, unanimity and stereotypes: Everyone else agreed to the initial idea because everyone’s goal was to appease Emily; therefore, everyone settled to follow through with the uniformed decision. We believed since Emily did not like this classmate, we could not either him either. Lastly, mindguards: The other three group member stopped my doubts in an instant because they needed to protect Emily and what she says goes. These symptoms worked hand and hand to create an atmosphere for groupthink to
Groupthink compromised my ethics and suppressed my critical thinking skills. The suppressant of my own moral led to an undesired punishment from my parents, my parents trusted me less, and it took a lot of work for me to gain back that trust back. I was unable to hang out with the popular group because of my actions. Groupthink affected my social status, along with my ethics, which could have been avoided if I had taken a few