CBEB 2303 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR 12 ANGRY MEN: MOVIE ANALYSIS TABLE OF CONTENT NO | SUBJECT | PAGE | 1 | Synopsis | 1 | 2 | Characters | 2 | 3 | Factor affecting decision making process: * Attitudes * Personality and values * Emotions and moods | 3-44-89-11 | 4 | Other barriers affecting decision making | 11-12 | 5 | Conclusion | 13 | 6 | References | 14 | 1.0 SYNOPSIS/SUMMARY: 12 ANGRY MEN The story is basically about 12 men (jurors) urged by the judge to come to an agreement
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12 Angry Men illustrates the dangers of a justice system that relies on twelve individuals reaching a life-or-death decision. Discuss. 12 Angry Men‚ written by Reginald Rose‚ follows 12 members of a jury that must decide whether an inner-city teen is guilty of premeditated murder. If the jurors and the court rule the teen guilty‚ it would mean the death of the accused. The criminal justice system is meant to find the guilty‚ punish them‚ and let the innocent go free. Many would argue that
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12 Angry Men 12 Angry Men depicts how a jury of twelve men must examine the evidence presented at the trial of a young boy accused of murdering his father. The evidence brought forth in the trial is the testimony of an old man who lives in the apartment about the boy’s‚ a switchblade knife‚ the boy’s sketchy alibi‚ and the eyewitness testimony of a woman who lives across from the boy’s apartment building. With the evidence making the boy appear guilty‚ a single juror questions the accuracy of
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Many interesting principles discussed in social psychology are applicable to everyday situations‚ current events‚ and movies. Specifically‚ the movie “Twelve Angry Men”‚ written by Reginald Rose‚ is a 1957 drama that illustrates a prime example of groupthink and the probable effects it can have on a group’s decision-making. In this classic movie‚ twelve members of a jury are isolated in a conference room to debate the outcome of a murder trial involving a young man stabbing his father. From the first
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In the beginning of 12 Angry Men‚ they clarify that they had sat through six days of court listening to the case‚ and were now ready to decide the verdict. After those six days of hearing believed conclusive evidence and no defense from the plaintiff‚ it seemed to be an assured decision. When I researched on what exactly happens in the Jury Room it said: The first motion of business in a jury room is to select one of the jurors as a foreman. He or she leads the discussion and tries to encourage everyone
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12 Angry Men In the film 12 Angry Men‚ 12 male jurors decided the fate of an 18 year old boy on trial for murdering his abusive father. They boy was said to have been orphaned by his mother at a young age and sent to live in an orphanage until his father got out of prison. When he was sent to live with his father‚ he had a hard life and a rough childhood. It was known that his father would physically abuse him because one of the jurors pointed out that “ He would get a beating everyday‚ wouldn’t
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In the movie‚ 12 Angry Men‚ an 18 year old boy from a slum is charged with murder. He is put on trial for being accused of stabbing his father in the chest with a knife. Some of the first ten amendments of the Bill of Rights are shown in this movie such as the fifth and sixth amendments. According to the Fifth Amendment when there is a jury trial all 12 jurors must make a unanimous vote on whether or not the defendant is innocent or guilty. 12 Angry men shows how one man votes the 18 year old boy
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Seth Turner Professor Wilson Speech 22 April 2013 12 Angry Men 12 Angry Men is a filmed based on the theme of reasonable doubt. A jury of twelve men are chosen to determine whether the eighteen year old boy killed his father or not. The initial evidence that includes two eye witnesses would suggest that this case is a closed decision and they boy will surely be found guilty. The jury does not take long before coming to a vote ending in 11 votes for guilty 1 vote for non guilty. The man who voted
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conformity as a result of social influence have been conducted which reveal that almost all conformist responses to social influence can be narrowed down to three distinctive types: compliance‚ identification and internalization. This paper will use 12 Angry Men as a case study on the dynamics of social influence‚ especially the influence of individual nonconformist‚
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12 Angry Men Analysis 12 Angry Men is a movie‚ directed by Sidney Lumet‚ about twelve jurors who are deliberating a murder trial. An 18 year old has been accused of murdering his father and the jury has retired to determine his fate. The jury performs a preliminary vote and the results came out to be eleven for guilty and one‚ the architect played by Henry Fonda‚ for not-guilty. The rest of the jury then begins to persuade the architect that the accused is actually guilty. Each member of
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