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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In Shakespeare’s play “Othello” the character Othello is presented as an outsider to the events that are taking place amongst the other characters. He was excluded from what the truth holds and this caused his downfall‚ along with his jealous nature and stubbornness. To make things worse Iago’s cunning plans captures Othello into a downward spiral to his defeat. The sense of irony involved is regarded as a highly important technique that is repeated through out the play. As a stubborn and decisive
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Groupthink The Challenger space shuttle explosion. The Bay of Pigs invasion. The Korean War debacle (Janis 1-28). These are examples of situations where group communication failed. Group communication involves a shared identity among three or more people‚ a considerable amount of interaction among these people‚ and a high level of interdependence between everyone involved (Trenholm 196-97). It is essential to understand group dynamics for a variety of reasons. Everyone participates in groups throughout
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the word “outsider” out of the book to let readers pander to the meaning of that word after completing the novel. To me‚ an outsider is Someone who is different from the crowd‚ but not in a favorable way. for example‚ an unintelligent person would be excluded from most social groups due to their negative trait that a majority of others do not have‚ this‚ of course‚ does not necessarily mean that many people are intelligent‚ rather‚ that most are not unintelligent. The word “outsider” in Hinton’s
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appearances are a mask of the truth. We use them to hide our faults‚ our mistakes‚ imperfections‚ and our reality. Why‚ well because we are forced to‚ if we are not perfect we are rejected by society because of our imperfections. That’s where The Outsiders by S.E.Hinton transfers. Greasers are rejected by society because their lack of money‚ grades‚ and so on. The socs are excepted because everything is “perfect” about them. When really greasers and socs have a lesson to show and that is the barrier
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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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Who is the Outsider? What is an outsider? We usually think an outsider is a person that walks around‚ does not talk to anyone‚ stays away from the crowd huddle‚ and does not care what the “insiders” think or do. But what if the usual insider was actually the outsider? What if the person we think is the outsider is doing the real norm? In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ the author never used the word outsider. She probably wanted
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Who Are The Outsiders? “It seems like there’s gotta be someplace without Greasers‚ or Socs with just people. Plain ordinary people.” The novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton takes place in Tulsa Oklahoma during the 1960’s. The novel shows how a gang of seven greasy boys deal with society being divided into “Greasers” and “Socs”‚ however along the way they face hardships including death. In the novel‚ “the outsiders” were considered people who didn’t fit in. In this case the “Outsiders” were: Ponyboy
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learn a lot. But all the wrong things‚ not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong things‚ not the things you want to see.” (S.E Hilton‚ The Outsiders). In the Outsiders‚ Hilton demonstrates the rough life of gang living. In the story there many negative examples and consequences from the gang life‚ such as‚ “rumbles”‚ violent acts‚ and even tragic deaths. The gangs were small groups‚ within the community in which members were often loyal to each
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Miss. Rivers ELA 4/5 Outsiders Essay Did you know that rival gangs have faced many of the same struggles? In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton there are two rival gangs‚ the Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers live on the Eastside of town and don’t have a lot of money. The Socs live on the Westside of town and are very wealthy. There are three problems that both gangs face: drinking and smoking‚ having parents who do not care about them‚ and rivalry with the opposing gang over a variety
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