In Irving Janis\u2019 analyzation of groupthink, she talks about how groupthink is most dangerous during \u201ca crisis situation that puts everyone under intense stress.\u201d Although Janis didn\u2019t mention this as an example of groupthink, I kept thinking about the Donner Party. The Donner Party was a group of settlers in the mid 1800s who were trapped in the Sierra Nevada during the winter. In order to survive, the group resulted to cannibalism.<\/p>\n
I remember learning about this in my high school psych class, but I\u2019m not sure if we focused on the group dynamic in general or groupthink. In terms of groupthink, I think this is a really interesting example because this small group was put under so much stress that they ignored their reservations about such a taboo topic and literally began eating each other. It is easy to look back in hindsight and say we would have never done that, but due to the stress that starvation put on the group, they were unable to see any other option. And for those who argued for plan b, the pressure from the group silenced them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In Irving Janis\u2019 analyzation of groupthink, she talks about how groupthink is most dangerous during \u201ca crisis situation that puts everyone under intense stress.\u201d Although…<\/p>\n