Jamie and her friends have spent the whole day together, laughing and celebrating their upcoming graduation from high school. As the day proceeds into evening they reflect on all the teachers they have had. After sharing several stories of particularly strict teacher, they decide they should pull a senior prank, and pour detergent in that teacher’s fuel tank. Egging one another on, they also proceed to commit several acts of minor vandalism to the teacher’s yard and home. Later, when faced with the consequences of their actions—which could potentially include felony charges—the students cannot recall why they thought any of their actions were justifiable or how things went so far. This is an example of:

Jamie and her friends have spent the whole day together, laughing and celebrating their upcoming graduation from high school. As the day proceeds into evening they reflect on all the teachers they have had. After sharing several stories of particularly strict teacher, they decide they should pull a senior prank, and pour detergent in that teacher’s fuel tank. Egging one another on, they also proceed to commit several acts of minor vandalism to the teacher’s yard and home. Later, when faced with the consequences of their actions—which could potentially include felony charges—the students cannot recall why they thought any of their actions were justifiable or how things went so far. This is an example of group think.

Explanation:

Groupthink occurs when a group makes faulty decisions because group pressures lead to a deterioration of mental efficiency, reality testing, and moral judgement.

Symptoms of group think include:

world war i had a devastating effect on german-americans and their cultural heritage. up until that point   german-americans, as a group, had been spared much of the discrimination, abuse, rejection, collective mistrust experienced by so many different racial and ethnic groups in the history of the united states. indeed, over the years, they had been viewed as a well integrated and esteemed part of american society. all of this change with the outbreak of war.  

no one should discriminated against because he or she is not from a minority group