POL208Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Irving Janis, Groupthink, Peer Pressure
15 Sep 2017
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Did not completely reject the official explanation but he argued that some parts were stronger and some were not. He argues that something else was going on, called groupthink the issue of cuba"s deals with ussr ahead of time prior to be elected (at least 6 months) Basically argues that how is your status enhanced if you don"t tell the president he is doing something stupid. Leader saying solution instead of asking for input. No one thinks clearly under stress vs. time to reflect. Similar answers from people with the same experiences. Fail to give the leader a broad range of solutions: too much homogeneity (iii) conte xts, crises, tough situations after a recent failure, no obvious or moral solution. Symptoms of groupthink: overestimate their own ability, underestimate the ability of the people on the other side, suppressing of dissenters. Mindgua rds: several of days before they make the decision there was a cocktail party in.
