| Text | Group Processes: Social interaction - actions being performed by 2+ people because other people are around -group polarization - tendency for groups to make decisions more extreme than they would as individuals --Choice shift - process by which group interactions make ideas safer --Risky shift - grops making riskier decisions than individuals -Group Think - desire for harmony results in a poor decision; -Irving Janis's 8 factors of Group think: --Illusion of invulnerability - risk taking/optimism --collective rationalization - ignoring warnings outside group --illusion of morality - belief in moral correctness --excessive stereotyping - construction of stereotypes against outside opinions --Pressure for conformity - viewing opposition as disloyal --Self-censorship - withholding ideas against the group --Illusion of unanimity - false agreement within group --Mindguards - appointed people to protect ideas |
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Tags: behavioral_sciences+_8
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