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12 Angry Men: Movie Notes
List of jurors: take notes so you can remember who’s who. You can also find lists of the jurors online.
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art 1: What impacts group decisions
In
the opening scene, the Judge was the leader.
What is the message you heard through his affect and demeanor?
How do you think it impacted the jurors?
Comment on how these statements impact the jury discussion?
“I sat on many juries!”
“I guess we talk.”
“I believe he’s guilty”
“I’ve walked amount them all my life. They’re born that way.”
In the opening scenes, the decision process is impacted by the items below. How, and which jurors were involved?
• Personalities
• Background What happened in the group dynamics when the topic of culture came up?
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• Emotion
• Process: The process seemed so easy: to decide if the accused is guilty or not guilty. How did it become so
complicated?
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A significant part of group decisions is related to conflict. The course readings from HBR refers to many
aspects of conflict. Listed below are some to those aspects. Define what they and give an example from the
movie or your personal experience
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• Emotional tagging
• Pattern recognition
• Affective conflict
• Impact of personalities
• Piecemeal perspective
• Free for all
• Advocacy
Conflict usually is a needed part of group decisions. Looking at the list below, identify examples in the movie.
How did the jurors turn from negative conflict to signs of positive conflict?
• Candor
• Openness
• Dialogue
• Cognitive conflict
• Inquiry
Garvin and Roberto in What you don’t know about making decisions, HBR p 91-92. What are these and why are they
helpful in effective decision making?
• Multiple Alternatives
• Assumption testing
• Well-defined criteria
• Dissent and debate
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Part 3: Hidden Traps of Decision Making
Hammond, Keeney, and Raiffa in Hidden traps of decision making (HBR p 1) claim that the way our brain perceives
information by forming patterns that, in turn, shape our decisions. This pattern is call heuritics. These perceptions often
trap us and we lose perspective; as well, we lose the ability to see things clearly. In the list below, define these traps
and give examples of how they were viewed in the movie, or an example from your personal life.
Anchoring
Groups in Conflict
3 3. Hidden Traps: See HBR: The Hidden Traps of Decision Making. Find examples in the movie for
each of these traps
Status quo
Sunk cost
Confirming Evidence
Framing
Overconfidence
Prudence
Recallability
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• FIND EXAMPLES FOR EACH
• Implicit prejudice
• Bias towards ones’ own group
• Conflict of interest
• Overconfidence