Twelve Angry Men: Group Dynamics

Group Dynamics

Which source of group influence explains why we don’t cut in line, interrupt others, or invade people’s personal space? In what ways does this source of influence differ from the others?

When we are out in public we display certain societal norms, it is different for everywhere we go. For example, when going into a bank you know to hold the loudness in your voice to a certain degree while talking to the cashiers. You also know to wait in line for your turn and not cutting people in line. Walking into class for example you wouldn’t be coming in drunk and acting like it’s a bar, you come in knowing of an expectation. So what exactly tells you how to act this way or how to react to others; this is social tuning, “The tendency for individual’s …show more content…
There was one juror who refused to side with all the vast majority of other guilty verdicts causing them to stay and talk about the issue at hand. In my opinion, majority sided guilty because it was the easiest way to go and they have families to get back to, bills to pay, and money to be made outside of the courtroom. This situation could have had majority influence if it were not for that one juror saying not guilty. The majority influence is the opposite of minority influence, in which social pressure exerted by the larger portion of the group, directed toward individual members and smaller fractions with the group. In the beginning they asked members of the jury how they felt and you could tell they were unsure but as soon as other men started raising their hands it became clear that they were displaying conformity. This situation described in the Twelve Angry Men is most likely to occur when for example if a small minority disagrees with an action, they can take action and gain a gathering to overthrow the vast