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    History Essay ‘Thirteen Days’ Words: 825 Thirteen Days‚ a semi-bibliography of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the steps the American Government took to avoid a nuclear war. In 1962 Fidel Castro agreed to the placing of nuclear missiles belonging to the Soviets in Cuba. All placing of these missiles was done in secrecy‚ however on October 14th an American U2 plane took photographs of the missile site and the American Government was immediately informed. Thirteen Days follows the perspective of three

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    Facts About Groupthink

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    CHAPTER 9: THE VERDICT ON GROUPTHINK 1. In my experience‚ I found that decision-making groups do not tend toward groupthink. Groupthink is a mode of thinking that people engage in when they are deeply involved in a cohesive in-group‚ when the members’ striving for unanimity override their motivation to realistically appraise alternative courses of action. Groups displaying most of the symptoms of groupthink are more likely to display symptoms ofdefective decision making‚ resulting in poor policy

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    Thirteen Movie

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    The movie thirteen touched many important factors of adolescent’s development. Some of the ones I want to concentrate in this paper are: family system‚ developmental tasks‚ and peer pressure. The movie begins with Tracy‚ the main character‚ as a normal teenager whose life seems from the outside “ok”. However‚ even at this point in the movie‚ there are hints of Tracy’s inner pain and discomfort or distress with her world. Tracy lives a tough life. Her parents are separated‚ and do not have a good

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    Groupthink Case Study

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    Groupthink Case Study Introduction Working in groups is something we all encounter in our life‚ in and outside of work. A group - or team - consists of people working together because they have a common purpose or goal. Decisions are made by teams every day and it is imperative that the decision-making process be effective. Shortcomings in the decision-making process should be avoided (Thompson‚ 2004). A situation that can occur within a group is called Groupthink. Groupthink leads to

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    1. Groupthink and polarization impacted the kids throughout the film; the class decided that they should have a name‚ and a uniform to set them apart from the rest. The students then started hanging out with only other in the class‚ and created a handshake. Group thinking caused the class to join into as one‚ they all had each others’ backs; Tim was getting bullied by a few students‚ that weren’t in the cult‚ and a few of the members in the wave came to rescue and punk the other guys. Polarization

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    Groupthink Research Paper

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    Groupthink is a concept that was identified by Irving Janis that refers to faulty decision-making in a group. Groups experiencing groupthink do not consider all alternatives and they desire unanimity at the expense of quality decisions. Groupthink is a mode of thinking people engage in when cohesiveness is high. Groupthink leads to poor decision making and results in a lack of creativity. Groupthink has been studied widely; many people are unaware of its dynamics and the consequences that they might

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    Groupthink Model In American psychologist Irving Janis’ work Victims of Groupthink: A Psychological Study of Foreign-Policy Decisions and Fiascos‚ Janis defines groupthink as the “psychological drive for consensus at any cost that suppresses disagreement and prevents the appraisal of alternatives in cohesive decision-making groups” (Janis 9). Janis successfully links the groupthink theory to events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ the Bay

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    Why Is Groupthink Bad?

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    Groupthink is a deterioration of mental efficiency‚ reality testing‚ and moral judgment that results from in-group pressure (Verderber‚ Verderber‚ & Sellnow‚ 2011). Groups affected by groupthink ignore alternatives and tend to take irrational actions that dehumanize other groups (Miller‚ 2010). A group is especially vulnerable to groupthink when its members are similar in background‚ when the group is insulated from outside opinions‚ and when there are no clear rules for decision making (Miller

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    How does the theory of groupthink apply to the 1986 Challenger disaster? Here is a brief trailer for a larger analysis of the disaster: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K2vqVAG7iI Do you‚ or does the literature‚ think that NASA ’s organizational culture was also to blame for the 2003 Columbia disaster‚ or was the problem of groupthink alleviated in the intervening 17 years? Please use your text and online research about the administrative issues that led to this disaster. Remember to cite

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    The thirteen Colonies

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    The thirteen colonies that joined together to become the United States of America were but a part of the first British Empire. They were the product of a broad and dramatic expansion of England that began with the establishment of “plantations” in Ireland during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and reached a peak with the conquest of Canada and the extension of British influence over India during the 1760s. In the New World alone at the time of the American Revolution Britain had close to two dozen

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