"Twelve Angry Men"

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This paper examines how the movie, "Twelve Angry Men," shows how social psychology plays an important role in our everyday life. Through an analysis of the four social psychological aspects of persuasion, prejudice, group think, and conformity, it demonstrates how psychology is important to decision making, clear thinking, and everyday attitudes.

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"Conformity is an action or behavior in correspondence with socially accepted standards, conventions, rules, or laws and can cause a change in behavior or beliefs to accord with others. In the initial vote, all men except for one vote guilty. During this vote it becomes clear that the men who are unsure of what they feel will go along with the majority without any apparent reason. This is shown when juror number five was easily swayed by the others when the others pressured them they voted one way. As the deliberation went on you can see that they changed their votes with really no reason."

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