Stratford University CH10 The Case of Operation Market Garden Paper 6
Task 6
In this week’s Task you will explore group behavior and groupthink.
Read chapter 10 in Together: The Science of Social Psychology.
Read the article “Understanding Groupthink: The Case of Operation Market Garden”
Write a 250-400 word reaction paper to ONE of the videos. The video links are available on the PowerPoint for week 6 AND/OR under lesson 6. Be sure to discuss the group dynamics of influence, obedience, and conformity.
Write a 250-400 word reaction paper to the article in Step 2. Be sure to address the following questions: what are 2-3 types of groupthink discussed in the article? Explain how each works. What are 2-3 “symptoms” of groupthink? How do they develop and influence group think?
Upload your two papers to Moodle (please note that both papers can be typed on one Word document).
Video links (1st- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wFZ5Dbj8DA)
(2nd-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGxGDdQnC1Y)
