Groupthink+I



Bad decisions: Not expecting Pearl Harbor Watergate Challenger

Good decisions: Carter/Reagan Hostage Crisis Marshall Plan Manifest Destiny

History Students: Describe the above events/their outcome Psych Students: Discuss the process of groupthink, and how it applied (or didn't) in each of the above situations

Psychology Links http://www.12manage.com/methods_janis_groupthink.html http://www.afirstlook.com/archive/groupthink.cfm?source=archther http://www.softpanorama.org/Skeptics/groupthink.shtml http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/sam/groupthink_johnson.pdf http://www.pols.iastate.edu/ps305/groupthink%20now%20ch01.pdf - (watergate, pearl harbor)- Pedro (1st Pd. Psych) http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~renglish/377/notes/chapt03/groupthink.gif -(political cartoon) - Pedro http://www.historyonthenet.com/American_West/images/manifestdestinylarge.jpg -(manifest destiny picture)-Pedro http://www.geocities.com/athens/atlantis/4124/groupthink.gif -(picture of groupthink) http://oll.temple.edu/faculty/Groupthink.jpg -(picture of groupthink again) http://www.groupthink.com/groupthink100.gif -(picture of groupthink again2)

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