Groupthink

Series: Psychology Today Film Series

Duration: 0:22:00

Year Published: 1973

Creator: CRM/McGraw-Hill Films: Publisher | University of Illinois Film Center

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Analyzes, discusses, and illustrates the eight specific traits of group behavior isolated by Dr. Irving Janis of Yale University. Uses a board meeting held to discuss the pros and cons of marketing a drug not fully tested to provide a central example. Draws additional examples from historical situations involving group decisions, such as Truman's decision to cross the 38th parallel in Korea and Kennedy's reaction to the Cuban missile crisis.

Complete Record: , Analyzes, discusses, and illustrates the eight specific traits of group behavior isolated by Dr. Irving Janis of Yale University. Uses a board meeting held to discuss the pros and cons of marketing a drug not fully tested to provide a central example. Draws additional examples from historical situations involving group decisions, such as Truman's decision to cross the 38th parallel in Korea and Kennedy's reaction to the Cuban missile crisis.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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