Group Dynamics: "Groupthink"

Duration: 22

Year Published: 1973

Creator: MCGRAW HILL PUBLISHING CO

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Illustrates and discusses eight symptoms of "groupthink": the illusion of invulnerability, shared sterotypes of the enemy, rationalization, the illusion of morality, self-censorship, the illusion of unanimity, direct pressure on the deviant member, and mind guarding--a device to protect the group from dissenting opinions. Group dynamics in action are shown at a company management meeting convened to make a decision., Analyzes and discusses the eight specific traits of group behavior isolated by Irving Janis in his book "Victims of Groupthink," in which he clarifies the negative characteristics of groupthink that limit and interfere with objective, critical thinking.

Complete Record: Illustrates and discusses eight symptoms of "groupthink": the illusion of invulnerability, shared sterotypes of the enemy, rationalization, the illusion of morality, self-censorship, the illusion of unanimity, direct pressure on the deviant member, and mind guarding--a device to protect the group from dissenting opinions. Group dynamics in action are shown at a company management meeting convened to make a decision., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.