Groupthink

Groupthink “occurs when highly cohesive groups fail to consider alternatives that may effectively resolve group dilemmas. Groupthink theorists contend that group members frequently think similarly and are reluctant to share unpopular or dissimilar ideas with others. When this occurs, groups prematurely make decisions…

In the movie “Quiet Rage: The Stanford Prison Experiment”, total institution and groupthink can be noticed throughout the movie. Total institution is when people are placed in a setting were they are manipulated by a regulatory and are isolated from the rest of society (Macionis, 2015). Groupthink is the trend of group members to conform in a precise view of an issue (Macionis, 2015). Common total institutions are prisons, mental hospitals, and the military (Macionis, 2015). With this being…

The GJP results are amazing. The heterogeneous GJP forecasters are consistently more accurate than teams of homogeneous intelligent officers, even though intelligence officers have access to classified information. Although CQ satisfies Mayr’s condition for evolution in that the diversity of contributors is guaranteed, implicitly some sort of selection will take place. Every group is at risk of a tyranny of the majority. This happens when a majority of the members suppress a dissenting minority.…

January 28th, 1986, is one of those days in the history of the United States that will never be forgotten. That is the day that the space shuttle Challenger explode 73 seconds after it lifted off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, killing the seven people on board, including a civilian school teacher. After an intensive investigation into the cause of the disaster, it was determined to have been the result of a faulty O-ring that allowed fuel to escape during the “burn” which resulted in the…

Human beings are influenced by what is popular because social interaction, conformity, and groupthink contribute to what is considered popular. Individuals are influenced directly by the collective perception of groups, and the desire for inclusion (Lansu and Cillessen, 2012). Social interaction plays a critical role in popularity because it is the process causing us to act and react to everything around us. Herbert Blumer (1969-79) provided insight on human social interactions, and suggested…

Genocide is an aspect of violence/aggression that has a huge impact on everyone’s lives. Numerous factors play a role in why people would choose to participate in mass genocide. Many aim to satisfy their need for safety and security during a violent time, so they murder people to keep themselves out of harms way and avoid death themselves. They are afraid that if they do not obey their authorities instructions, their safety will be compromised. Since safety is a step on Maslow’s hierarchy of…

Individuals behave differently depending on the issues they are faced with. People are socialized in order to accept different behaviours depending on the context. It is in order for business persons to be aggressive against their competitors, but kind and gentle to their customers. Considering the example of Kenneth Lay, being a simple man, he was also a man of integrity who never flaunted on the wealth he acquired. Despite this, he was described to be arrogant gambler because he took risks…

participate in the Two Minute Hate, there’s definitely an aspect of groupthink at play. The one member of the Party who escapes is Goldstein. His picture is shown each meeting and he is hissed and booed. He may have been one of the good guys who was able to escape The Party but is now a bad guy because the Party says so. The need for meetings that people had to attend so they could be told what to think is definitely groupthink. The Party plugs into your home to watch you and no one complains.…

evident in every episode of Survivor, just like it is in our daily lives and workplaces. Decision making, in Survivor, has some similarities to it with our textbook and specifically chapter 10. One of the main concepts of chapter 10 is the ideas of “groupthink” and intuition.…

Leadership Empowering Team Decision Making The leader has the opportunity to put team players together and encourage the best decision making process and the best possible outcomes for the business. With the covenant relationship in heart and mind, caring for and guiding team members is not only the right thing to do, it is good for business outcomes (Fischer, 2009). In this discussion I will address group decision making and the importance of empowering team members. Building a Team It is…