Groupthink
Do you ever silenced your opinion during group discussions? Or do you constantly stay silent, in order not to look unsupportive? If yes, then you are a victim of groupthink. It is a state, when people are mentally pressured not to reason and act rationally, and are moving along with the rest of the group. It is some kind of refusal of responsibility, in other words people are /putting/ their liabilities on society’s shoulders; not one person particularly, and are hoping that someone else will take responsibility. Groupthink is done subconsciously, meaning that a person does not intentionally ignore everything going around them. It is done by default, in other words, people are inclined to do so. Even though, groupthink has numerous …show more content…
However, almost every member feel that choking duty. In his story “Shooting an Elephant”, George Orwell describes his experience in Burma as police officer. One elephant escaped from its owner, killed a couple of people in the moment of anxiety. In the end, there is scene of relaxed elephant in the smooth grass, Orwell with a gun, and 2,000 natives. The author sees the harmless look of animal’s eyes as well as the blood demanding crowd. They just want to punish the animal, not for its own fault, rather than for the English invasion, for their current life. Orwell describes “… [I was] standing in front of the unarmed native crowd--seemingly the leading actor of the piece; but …show more content…
This can be done with more supporting the people around. No matter where people are, is it work, is it university or even at home, they should keep the heartened atmosphere of encouragement. In this particular conditions, people will not silence each other’s opinions, as no one is going to judge and harshly criticize them. Here will prosper synergy and reliance. People will be open to group discussions and new ideas (Covey, 2014). As well-known writer Stephen Covey states, the win-win ideology will prevail, and people will put aside their own self-directed-interests, and will devotedly work on achieving the best possible results of the group. In this scenario, they would not lose or benefit less than anyone else, all of them, each member will gain much more than otherwise working alone. Sometimes, one plus one is more than five (Covey,
Do you ever silenced your opinion during group discussions? Or do you constantly stay silent, in order not to look unsupportive? If yes, then you are a victim of groupthink. It is a state, when people are mentally pressured not to reason and act rationally, and are moving along with the rest of the group. It is some kind of refusal of responsibility, in other words people are /putting/ their liabilities on society’s shoulders; not one person particularly, and are hoping that someone else will take responsibility. Groupthink is done subconsciously, meaning that a person does not intentionally ignore everything going around them. It is done by default, in other words, people are inclined to do so. Even though, groupthink has numerous …show more content…
However, almost every member feel that choking duty. In his story “Shooting an Elephant”, George Orwell describes his experience in Burma as police officer. One elephant escaped from its owner, killed a couple of people in the moment of anxiety. In the end, there is scene of relaxed elephant in the smooth grass, Orwell with a gun, and 2,000 natives. The author sees the harmless look of animal’s eyes as well as the blood demanding crowd. They just want to punish the animal, not for its own fault, rather than for the English invasion, for their current life. Orwell describes “… [I was] standing in front of the unarmed native crowd--seemingly the leading actor of the piece; but …show more content…
This can be done with more supporting the people around. No matter where people are, is it work, is it university or even at home, they should keep the heartened atmosphere of encouragement. In this particular conditions, people will not silence each other’s opinions, as no one is going to judge and harshly criticize them. Here will prosper synergy and reliance. People will be open to group discussions and new ideas (Covey, 2014). As well-known writer Stephen Covey states, the win-win ideology will prevail, and people will put aside their own self-directed-interests, and will devotedly work on achieving the best possible results of the group. In this scenario, they would not lose or benefit less than anyone else, all of them, each member will gain much more than otherwise working alone. Sometimes, one plus one is more than five (Covey,