Groupthink
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A Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that where a cohesive group prioritizes consensus and harmony over critical thinking and independent decision-making.
- Example(s):
- Pluralistic Ignorance.
- a Decision-Making Task performed in a tightly-knit team,
- a Corporate Board Meeting with a homogeneous group,
- a Political Echo Chamber,
- …
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Conformity Bias, Social Conformity, Cognitive Dissonance, Social Group, Decision-Making, Critical Thinking, Group Dynamics, Ingroup, Outgroup (Sociology), Group Cohesiveness.
References
2023
- (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink Retrieved:2023-7-16.
- Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome. Cohesiveness, or the desire for cohesiveness, in a group may produce a tendency among its members to agree at all costs. This causes the group to minimize conflict and reach a consensus decision without critical evaluation.
Groupthink is a construct of social psychology but has an extensive reach and influences literature in the fields of communication studies, political science, management, and organizational theory,[1] as well as important aspects of deviant religious cult behaviour.[2] [3]
- Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome. Cohesiveness, or the desire for cohesiveness, in a group may produce a tendency among its members to agree at all costs. This causes the group to minimize conflict and reach a consensus decision without critical evaluation.
- ↑ Turner, M. E.; Pratkanis, A. R. (1998). "Twenty-five years of groupthink theory and research: lessons from the evaluation of a theory" (PDF). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 73 (2–3): 105–115. doi:10.1006/obhd.1998.2756. PMID 9705798. S2CID 15074397. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-10-19.
- ↑ Wexler, Mark N. (1995). "Expanding the groupthink explanation to the study of contemporary cults". Cultic Studies Journal. 12 (1): 49–71.
- ↑ Turner, M.; Pratkanis, A. (1998). "A social identity maintenance model of groupthink". Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 73 (2–3): 210–235. doi:10.1006/obhd.1998.2757. PMID 9705803.