Case Study 12 Angry Men

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seriousness of the matter. Also, Juror 9 helps to bring some important observations in the picture. This helps other members to review their reasoning and people start giving second thoughts to their vote. Ultimately, more members understood the point of view of Juror 8 and team earned clear direction to proceed and arrive at consensus. This was the norming stage.

In the later stage, many people shared various point of views to analyze the details for testimonies and other evidences. Almost all the team members were completely focused about the case and team was determined to make a logical decision. This was performing stage.

b) Impact of perception on decision-making:

I could see many examples of Perception in this movie. For example, Juror 3 was having tough time with his son. (His son was young of similar age group as that of the accused boy.) So, he had a perception that young generation, including the accused, did not respect elders. Hence, Juror 3 was certain that ...

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going wrong and resulting into death of an innocent man. I feel this flaw emerged from the fact that people were not going to get punished individually in case their judgment would have been wrong. So, in case of fast but wrong decision, they were going to leave quickly without punishment. But, to make logical decision, they needed to discuss and spend more time and this logical decision did not offer any reward.

People were not ready to believe the story of the accused boy, but they readily accepted the stories of old man and lady witness without any questions. People easily assumed that the boy purchased one unique rare knife and it was used for the murder. They did not take into ...

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