I would argue that groupthink is a choice. I'm not a psychologist and thus not an expert on stuff like this, but I'm aware of some research of people like this. Situations like groupthink are comfortable and self-reinforcing, and the decision not to exit from a situation like that is really a decision to avoid psychological discomfort. P…
I would argue that groupthink is a choice. I'm not a psychologist and thus not an expert on stuff like this, but I'm aware of some research of people like this. Situations like groupthink are comfortable and self-reinforcing, and the decision not to exit from a situation like that is really a decision to avoid psychological discomfort. People don't like being excommunicated from their social circles, so they stay bound to the "group".
Groupthink is the path of least effort, it also avoids questions of ethics/morality. It keeps things simple, and keeps you WITH the group.
It's dangerous out there, don't go alone.
Groupthink is how you get a bunch of German policemen (nice enough guys if you are having a beer with them in the bar) going through the Polish countryside, rounding up Jews, shooting them and burying them in mass graves.
I would argue that groupthink is a choice. I'm not a psychologist and thus not an expert on stuff like this, but I'm aware of some research of people like this. Situations like groupthink are comfortable and self-reinforcing, and the decision not to exit from a situation like that is really a decision to avoid psychological discomfort. People don't like being excommunicated from their social circles, so they stay bound to the "group".
Groupthink is the path of least effort, it also avoids questions of ethics/morality. It keeps things simple, and keeps you WITH the group.
It's dangerous out there, don't go alone.
Groupthink is how you get a bunch of German policemen (nice enough guys if you are having a beer with them in the bar) going through the Polish countryside, rounding up Jews, shooting them and burying them in mass graves.
Which is a thing that happened.