Bay Of Pigs: Groupthink

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Group-think is personified by excessive efforts to reach an agreement.
A strong need for group consensus that can dominate the group's ability to make the most appropriate decision.
Groupthink include group members' tendency to believe the group to be invulnerable.
Groupthink, rationalize the group's decisions and believe stereotypes about its adversaries.
Groupthink feel intensifying pressure to agree with others in the group (Brecher, 2015).
Regarding the Bay of Pigs, President Kennedy was confronted with an awkward situation that he had inherited from President Eisenhower, namely, the presence of Cuban exiles who were being combat trained by the CIA and were promised that they would be supported by the US in an invasion of Cuba.
Kennedy’s first omission was in not …show more content…
Kennedy’s inconsistent decision to authorize the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba is a commonly used example to illustrate groupthink (Pike, n.d.).
In considering the bombing of Pearl Harbor, despite the fact that Japanese messages had been intercepted many officers at Pearl Harbor did not take notices from Washington DC about the impending invasion.
Groupthink occurred within this group of officers, because their desire for harmony in the group concluded in an irrational decision-making consequence.
The officers tried to minimize conflict and reach a consensus decision without critical evaluation of alternative viewpoints by actively suppressing dissenting viewpoints, and by isolating themselves from outside influences.
The officers believed that the Japanese wouldn't dare attempt an assault against the U.S. because they would concede to the pointlessness of war with the United States (Brecher, 2015).
Colin Kaepernick sat on the bench while the national anthem played during a preseason game for the San Francisco 49ers in August of
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