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The advantages of having decisions made by groups are often lost because of powerful psychological pressures that arise when the members work closely together, share the same set of values and, above all, face a crisis situation that puts everyone under intense stress

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Irving Janis

Irving Janis

Born: May 26, 1918
Died: November 15, 1990 (aged 72)
Bio: Irving Lester Janis was a research psychologist at Yale University and a professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley most famous for his theory of "groupthink" which described the systematic errors made by groups when making collective decisions.
Known for:
  1. Victims of Groupthink (1972)
  2. Groupthink (1982)
  3. Crucial decisions (1989)
  4. Stress, attitudes, and decisions (1982)

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