What Is the Difference Between Group Polarization and Groupthink? When we join together in groups‚ most times we have to make decisions about something the group will do. Social psychologists have discovered tendencies which we do while making group decisions. Two of theses tendencies are group polarization and groupthink. Group polarization refers to a situation in which the attitudes or decisions of people in the group come on much stronger than in actuality. Usually when people with different
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Major points Groupthink is a form of a phenomenon characterized by members of a group choosing to evaluate consensus and conformity and preservation of the group above other values. In the example of Pennsylvania State University football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky abused children. While Sandusky colleague’s choses to protect him rather than doom Penn State image and program. The decision was based primarily on how group members will react rather than what was at the ethical or professional
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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 is put on the other jurors. They all end up changing vote to not guilty in the end to gain conformity. Groupthink
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between Saddam Hussein and the terrorist organization al-Qa’ida. Since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003‚ many scholars have focused on the effects of the Iraq War‚ speculating on the Bush Administration’s motives for the decision. While some within scholarly circles have attributed the invasion of Iraq to
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We will tie this in with Irving Janis’ concept of groupthink‚ which is arguably caused by the development and enforcement of group norms. Daniel Feldman (1984‚ p.47) states that ‘group norms are the informal rules that groups adopt to regulate and regularise group members’ behaviour’ (Hackman‚ 1976 in Feldman 1984 p.47). When this happens it is possible and sometimes likely that bad or irrational decisions will be made. This is Janis’ groupthink‚ ‘a mode of thinking that people engage in when they
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| Groupthink and Risky Shift Phenomenon | | | | | | Table of Contents Executive Summary i Introduction 1 The Groupthink phenomenon 1 The Risky-shift phenomenon 2 Conclusion 4 Recommendation 4 Reference list 5 Executive Summary Groupthink phenomenon continues to exist and influence in a group decision making. This is especially happen when group cohesiveness is high and there is an absence of open communication. However‚ understanding the theory would enable
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the pressure of conformity and groupthink. A group can be defined as two or more individuals‚ interacting and interdependent‚ who come together to achieve a particular objective. In the movie 12 Jurors come together with the sole obligation of concluding if the young man was guilty of murdering his father or not‚ beyond reasonable doubt. This group of 12 men who did not know each other walked into the room to discuss this case‚ showed the first sign of groupthink‚ as they had already formed the
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and leads to a worsening of mental performance‚ reality testing‚ and moral judgement‚ it is known as groupthink. When members from a group are similar in background‚ or when they are insulted from outside opinions‚ and when there are no clear rules for decision making is when the group is especially vulnerable to groupthink. As for individual humans‚ they are as well easily susceptible to groupthink because they’re afraid to be themselves‚ believe in the rightness of their cause‚ and are under pressure
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One “groupthink” organization consists of U.S. military advisors. These advisors believe many United States’ prominent important locations will never be compromised: leaving the locations vulnerable. This could be fixed by bringing outside specialists‚ who are not bias‚ into the decision-making process. With unbiased specialists‚ come more opinions and light will be shown on the areas that the advisors thought could be dismissed. Another way is emphasizing keeping ones’ opinion to themselves until
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Liberal Groupthink Is Anti-Intellectual Reaction Paper 2 Groupthink in the educational setting is a real serious issue. Academia has long been accused of it. The article “Liberal Groupthink Is Anti-Intellectual” by Mark Bauerlein is an excellent piece in describing the existence of groupthink in the educational arena and communicating its effects to the reader. I selected this article as it directly impacts me as a student but more importantly the article brought up something relevant in
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