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    selling or convincing; rather, it is a learning and negotiating process. Good persuaders use and listen to ongoing and active discussions (or debates) to learn about their audience and include different opinions into a shared conclusion. In the movie “12 Angry Men”, juror number 8 (Henry Fonda) was not sure if evidence presented against a young defendant in court left reasonable doubt for a guilty conviction. The other jurors believed the presented facts and the defendant’s background warrants a guilty

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    The classic movie 12 Angry Men opens with clips of a courthouse, ultimately panning to a specific court room where an 18-year-old boy is on trial for killing his father. Despite the case being the central point which the story revolves around, the movie isn’t about the boy or even his father. The movie is about the 12 jurors who are in charge of the boy’s fate. If they decide he is guilty, he is sentenced to the death penalty, which meant death by the electric chair. The men gathered together with

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    Olivia Erickson Psych 3203 “12 Angry Men” The film “Twelve Angry Men” does an excellent job exemplifying many psychological processes. This compelling film featured twelve men that must decide weather or not a certain slum kid was considered guilty or innocent on behalf of a murder trial. To begin the votes, all but one decided the man was guilty. Throughout the film, heated discussions sway the minds of the men to vote not guilty. During the time spent in the jury room, conformity was something

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    12 Angry Men revolves around opinions, perceptions/perspectives, and the logic and reason of the 12 jury members. This movie highlights the importance of critical thinking as well as its components. In order to think critically, one must examine one’s thinking process and the thinking process of others. We can evaluate posing arguments by focusing our attention on various thinking approaches and strategies. We actually have to think for ourselves, exemplified by Henry Fonda’s character, to explore

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    The movie, Twelve Angry Men, was filled with multiple organizational behaviors which were have been discussed in class and in out text. All characters provided strong arguments, which was supported by strong evidence. After intense debate, it was obvious that some of the juror’s opinions were regulated by their own past experiences, beliefs, and bias. After watching the movie, the two most important factors I noticed were path goal theory, charismatic leadership, and power and politics. Path-goal

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    Film Synopsis For this project I decided to watch 12 Angry Men, a story that focuses on a New York City jury's deliberations in an intense murder case. The movie is set in the 1950’s where a jury of twelve men is sent to deliberate in the first-degree murder trial of an eighteen-year-old from a bad area of town and it is hinted that his ethnicity is not white. If the jury were to decide a guilty verdict, it would mean an automatic death sentence for a child. When the jury begins discussing the trial

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    INTRODUCTION: 12 Angry Men is a 1957 American courtroom drama film adapted from a teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose. Written and co-produced by Rose himself and directed by Sidney Lumet, this trial film tells the story of a jury made up of 12 men as they deliberate the guilt or acquittal of a defendant on the basis of reasonable doubt, forcing the jurors to question their morals and values. In the United States, a verdict in most criminal trials by jury must be unanimous. The film is notable

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    12 Angry Men Analysis

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    12 Angry Men Daily there are thousands of people being found guilty for a crime they did not commit because of a prejudiced judge.Sidney Lumet and Reginald Rose the writers and directors of 12 Angry Men wrote and produced a play about 12 jurors that briefly discuss a trial and come to a verdict , personal issues develop which causes conflict and only makes the process more grueling. The accused boy is being found guilty for murdering his father, 12 jurors are put in a hot room in New York and

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    3. INTRODUCTION 12 Angry Men was broadcast in 1957, Orion-Nova production, which was written by Reginald Rose and directed by Sydney Lumet. The story line is about 12 men serving on a jury who has to decide whether to find 19 years old defendant guilty of murdering his father. A guilty verdict sends the defendant to the electric chair. The lawyer also not shows his eagerness to defend the defendant. There was 12 juror involved in this case to decide the defendants verdict who involved in this murder

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    Within the Henry Fonda film "Twelve Angry Men", there were many occasions where the behavior and actions of the jurors were affected by numerous causes or variables. A few of these causes consist of: schemas and heuristics, memory, stereotypes or norms, and conformity. These causes or variables are able to be attributed to the sociocultural and cognitive level of analysis in psychology. Within the movie, there are twelve jurors - whose names are not given till the end – who are debating and deciding

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