Irving L. Janis’ Victims of Groupthink Author(s): Paul’t Hart Source: Political Psychology‚ Vol. 12‚ No. 2 (Jun.‚ 1991)‚ pp. 247-278 Published by: International Society of Political Psychology Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3791464 Accessed: 11/01/2010 13:57 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part‚ that unless
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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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Beatriz Pacheco Mr. Bahari Geology CP‚ Period 1 08 January 2013 NASA spends about nine point nine twenty eight billion dollars per year. I agree that spending that much amount of money is worth it and at the same time it is not worth it because of the following. I agree that it is worth the expense because with mars exploration we can discover new things in space. It may be possible to even discover other living creatures that yet they are undiscovered. It is great to send people to space
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NASA who put a man on the moon‚ and inspired millions and millions of people‚ devastated our confidence and broke our hearts in an instant on January 28th‚ 1986. The magnificent ship exploded and dropped into the ocean. The disaster claimed all lives onboard. In the week that followed sorrow turned into rage‚ as the exact causes of the disaster became known. The two rubber O-rings‚ which had been designed to separate the sections of the rocket booster‚ had faileddue to cold temperature. NASA and
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When people think about NASA’s accomplishments‚ many people (can only or will) mention space exploration‚ but if you show them a few of NASA’s recent inventions they will begin to see the greater side of NASA. Over the years there have been many major medical innovations that have helped save lives but if you trace back their origins back there have been many that have been based on one of NASA’s many inventions. Infrared ear thermometers use astronomy technology to measure the amount of energy
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2. Background 2.1 NASA Short History The National Aeronautics and Space Administration which was established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower is the United States government agency responsible for civilian space program as aeronautic and aerospace research. When it began operations on October 1‚ 1958‚ NASA absorbed the 46-year-old National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics‚ NACA. A significant contributor to NASA’s entry into the Space Race with the Soviet Union was the technology from the German
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What was the motivation that led to the discovery? The motivation that led to the discovery of the approval of the Apollo Mission was that NASA has the approval from the government to make available the first manned spacecraft in the United States. " Also‚ a Space Task Group (STG) New Projects Panel held its first meeting August 12 to dis- cuss NASA’s future manned space programs. The panel determined that the following projects would be required to accomplish the goal of lunar landing and return:
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your onboard printer working away‚ and then reality hits you. It is your daily 6 foot long list of tasks that NASA has sent you after they finished their daily gripe session about being overworked‚ understaffed‚ and underpaid. NASA sure knew how to treat the three Skylab crews. Team 1‚ led by Conrad‚ seemed to really exhibit E-to-P and P-to-O expectancies. Conrad sold the crew and NASA on the team giving up their scheduled day off to catch up on experiments and
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The dramatic change in direction of the National Aeronautics Space Administration outlines a key issue within today’s society. In 2011‚ NASA decided‚ after much deliberation‚ to disband their space shuttle program. The reason related to the cost of maintenance and funding of the program. NASA currently focused on deep space exploration rather than more reasonable and cost effective trips to the International space station. However‚ commercialization of space travel and development of a space destination
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