PSY 530 Groupthink Activity Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

The groupthink activity provides you the opportunity to work with a simulated murder case to consider how groupthink may impact group decisions. You will then extend your thinking to consider the connection between the concept of groupthink and social welfare.

Prompt

A major movie star, Reginald Chase, is on trial for the murder of his ex-wife, media personality Lucerne Ludlow. You and your group are the jury assigned to this case. Everyone on the jury is somewhat familiar with the celebrities, but no one on the jury comes to the trial with knowledge of all the particulars of the case. In the , you will find the list of facts and evidence developed during the trial that you have been instructed to consult to reach your collective verdict. Ultimately, you will be submitting two posts in the group discussion area and two votes using the Initial Vote and Final Vote survey tool.

NOTE: The second post should contain relevant information from the readings and should end with a reference list.

For your initial post, you must make an initial decision about whether to convict or acquit and provide your reasoning.

• Your group’s discussion area is your deliberation room.
• Each of you should submit a post stating your reasons for convicting or acquitting by Thursday of Module Six at 11:59 p.m.
• At this point, a straw poll on the question of whether to convict or acquit will also be taken at the beginning of the deliberations. Cast your Initial Vote using your groups survey tool to indicate whether or not you find the defendant guilty or not guilty.

Next, you will continue to reflect and cast a final vote.

• Between Thursday and Sunday, review all your fellow jurors’ posts and weigh them in your mind.
• You can take your colleagues’ opinions under consideration, but your final vote to convict or acquit the major movie star falls upon you.
• By Sunday at 11:59 p.m. cast your Final Vote using your groups survey tool to indicate whether or not you find the defendant guilty or not guilty.

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