the most fervent attackers of the defendant. He openly discriminates throughout the duration of the play‚ and makes no effort to disguise his bigotry. While in the beginning his passion for “smack[ing] them down” is tolerated by a number of the other men‚ ultimately his bias and stubbornness causes the group to reject him and his ill-informed ideas. The Tenth Juror refers to the defendant as “a born liar”‚ “a common‚ ignorant slob”‚ “a danger” “real trash” and “violent… vicious [and] ignorant” amongst
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In the 1957 movie‚ 12 Angry Men shows the best representation of American jury system and how people change their minds. 12 Angry Men shows that personal feeling get in the way in their votes. The movie is about how 12 jurors decide the fate of young boy that persumed he killed his father‚ while during the initial vote only Juror 8 raised his hand not guilty. Then throughout the movie and script each of the 11 jurors for various reason change their votes to not guilty. The 12 jurors change their
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Twelve men meet in one room to discuss whether an eighteen-year-old boy is responsible for his father’s death. An initial vote was cast‚ where eleven men voted guilty and one juror voted not guilty. Ultimately‚ the jury decided that he was not guilty after deliberations. The twelve-person jury must decide if the boy is guilty or is there reasonable doubt to believe that he is not guilty. The jury must vote on guilty or not guilty. If there are disagreements‚ the jury must debate until they reach
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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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The movie "12 Angry Men (1957)" directed by Sidney Lumet‚ involves many important Social Psychology theories and concepts. In Psychology 241‚ these concepts are reviewed to explore the basis of psychology in social situations. In this report‚ I will explain my observations of the film. Of course‚ others may have different viewpoints and this is why an open-ended discussion‚ as seen in the movie‚ would be beneficial to ensure a broad understanding of the film. The very first observation I made was
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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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