Tavris' In Groups We Shrink


The main position in, In Groups We Shrink, is so true when applied to
situations of aggregation of a large number of people. As stated in, In Groups
We Shrink, in large groups we are reluctant to deviate from the norm, however,
if alone we often act without even hesitating. We can apply this to everyday
situations as with, The Lottery. Why are people so hesitant to act out when in
large groups? There may be a broad spectrum of reasons from the mentality of
"diffusion of responsibility" to the fear of ridicule.
It seems as if within a group we act as single entity instead of a group
of individuals. "In groups we shrink" may sound paradoxical but it is evident
to be true. In a group we tend to think singularly instead of groups of many
single individuals. This could be due to the fact that people are afraid of
ridicule. So afraid that nobody is willing to do the morally correct thing.
As in The Lottery, we see that people are......

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