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    Reginald Rose’s “12 Angry Men” is a testament to the power and productivity of conflict. In the same way that conflict can both help and hinder us‚ the ego/identity and relational based conflicts‚ and the competitive and avoidance approaches to conflict interfere with the group coming to consensus‚ yet at the same time galvanize these 12 angry men. Many of the jurors’ personal biases‚ often the causes of relational or ego/identity based conflict‚ constantly undermine the voting. Throughout the entire

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    12 Angry Men Questions Shakil Mirza April‚ 20th 2012 1. Do you think that the jury in this movie came to the right decision? Why/why not? I think that the jury in this movie came to the wrong decision‚ because I feel that all throughout the deliberation the factual evidence did not have any reasonable doubt lingering above it‚ which was the complete opposite of the opinion of juror 8‚ and gradually everyone else. While there was factual evidence presented‚ juror 8 persuaded all the

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    Individual who may have opposing beliefs often remain quiet and adopt to the groups opinion for the sake of conformity. (Cherry) Applications: 1. One setting in which groupthink occurs in the movie 12 Angry Men. The movie is about a jury who must reach a verdict of guilty or not guilty on a murder case. 11 out of the 12 jurors vote “guilty”‚ while one votes “not guilty.” The lonely juror proves his case‚ and slowly gains alliance. The more people that change the verdict to not guilty‚ an increase of stress

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    12 Angry Men In a world where the jury is the voice of the people’s justice‚ twelve men sit in a room poised to determine the fate of one boy’s life. Did he do it? If he didn’t‚ who did? Why would a young man kill his beloved father with a switchblade knife? The moment that the jury-comprised of twelve Caucasian men‚ abhorrent in today’s society-entered the small‚ blank‚ bleak room‚ they had already come to the conclusion that the young man was guilty as charged without deliberation.

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    Tajhe Lamarre 12 Angry men The movie “12 Angry Men” displays many well orchestrated examples of the terms Pathos‚ Ethos‚ and Logos. Through this film many topics arise in order to reach a verdict on a young mans life. The boy was on trial for murder‚ and most of the evidence at first glance made him look guilty. Twelve jurors must reach a unanimous decision in order to convict this young man‚ but the task seems to be more difficult to accomplish as one of the men fights in the boys favor.

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    HRMG200 – Northeastern University Week Two Assignment Two – 12 Angry Men • Why is the architect so much more effective at influencing the group members than the stockbroker? Individualism versus collectivism from the Hofstede’s survey done in the 1970 helps bring some light of what happened in the 12 angry men movie. Although the survey was done to understand different cultures among the 116‚000 IBM employees in 40 countries‚ it could be adapted to a scenario of the deliberation by the

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    Michael Bernardo 12 Angry Men Part One The Sociogram shows the dialogue between the group. It’s very obvious that Juror number 3 and Juror number 8 lead the conversation throughout the group. Number 8 engages in conversation with every person in the jury numerous times. Whereas Number 3 excludes many different members of the jury‚ focusing the majority of his efforts on convincing the people he views as threats. Part Two The Foreman established the first rule‚ which was that

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    ‘Twelve Angry Men is a play about how power can be misused.’ In Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men a theme explored is how people can misuse the power they have. Set admits the ubiquitous beauty of the New York skyline is a jury room‚ the arena in which the fate of a young man’s life is decided. 12 jurymen are burdened with the power to decide and must vote unanimously either guilty or not guilty and this forms the precedent for an epic battle. The authority bestowed upon these men is defined by

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    Hum115 12 Angry Men The character in this movie that was the most effective critical thinker was juror 8(Henry Fonda). The types of characteristics that Fonda‚ exemplify is provisionalism‚ creativity‚ and critical thinking. By doing this he is uncover new ways of interpreting evidence‚ turns to certainty and shortsightedness when arriving at conclusions. For example‚ Fonda commented on how the boy had been slapped around all his life and was treated poorly. This kind of thinking leads to more external

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    In the film “12 Angry men” there is an extensive use of reason as a form of persuasion. The movie talks about how a Puerto Rican youth is on trial for murder‚ accused of knifing his father to death. Eleven of the jurors vote for conviction‚ each for reasons of his own.

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