Re: Group Think - Wisdom of the Group | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Norman Gauss (normangausscharter.net) | |
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 08:59:27 -0700 (PDT) |
There is a book out that focuses on Wisdom of the Group. Does the group have wisdom that individuals do not have? Norm Gauss Oak Creek Commons Paso Robles, CA -----Original Message----- From: Sharon Villines [mailto:sharon [at] sharonvillines.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 6:49 AM To: Cohousing-L Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Group Think - Apathy is NOT a Factor On 5 Jul 2011, at 9:10 AM, Joanie Connors wrote: > Groupthink does not mean everyone is thinking alike. It means they are > willing to appear to think the same as the majority. Here is an earlier quote from Whyte: William H. Whyte coined the term in 1952, in Fortune magazine: Groupthink being a coinage - and, admittedly, a loaded one - a working definition is in order. We are not talking about mere instinctive conformity - it is, after all, a perennial failing of mankind. What we are talking about is a rationalized conformity - an open, articulate philosophy which holds that group values are not only expedient but right and good as well.[5] The original one I posted from Janis: Irving Janis led the initial research on the groupthink theory. His main principle of groupthink states: The more amiability and esprit de corps there is among the members of a policy-making ingroup, the greater the danger that independent critical thinking will be replaced by groupthink, which is likely to result in irrational and dehumanizing actions against outgroups.[6] The unforced nature of group think, is the one that I think is crucial to any group of people who have invested decades of their lives and probably most of the financial resources (income and outgo) on a concept like cohousing. It feels good, for example, to believe that cohousing is _the_ answer. No one needs to coerced by anyone in order to be a victim of group think. Group think is something we see in ourselves in hind sight but at the time, it just feels good, it feels right. Sharon ---- Sharon Villines Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC http://www.takomavillage.org _________________________________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/
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Re: Group Think - Wisdom of the Group Norman Gauss, July 5 2011
- Re: Group Think - Wisdom of the Group Doug Chamberlin, July 5 2011
- Re: Group Think - Wisdom of the Group Sharon Villines, July 5 2011
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