The concept of "groupthink," first identified by Irving Janis, refers to the phenomenon in which group members quickly align on certain decisions without critically evaluating or suppressing ...

Players who don’t match the group’s emotional script – those who are too quiet, too blunt, too intense – become scapegoats.

When the Australian Federal Environment Minister, Sussan Ley, went snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef in August, she told waiting reporters on the shore that she’d seen “amazing wildlife, fish, ...

At the heart of the Trump administration’s Signal scandal lies the familiar psychological pitfall of groupthink Trust is the deeper psychological question at play in the Signal chat scandal, added ...

Blaming ‘herd mentality’ elides the true culprit. If you’re waiting for an apology from the press for its effort to conceal Joe Biden’s decrepitude from the public, don’t hold your breath. You’ll ...

Duke is equipping students to respect differing viewpoints in a variety of ways. This Duke Today series examines the decline in civil discourse and Duke’s efforts to improve campus dialogue. Listen to ...