Activity:
Identify Dangerous Group Validation
Groups tend to see their way as the right
way and their views as the correct views, even
when they haven’t thought seriously about
either. Group members implicitly tend to
validate one another’s views, reinforcing group
beliefs deeply held, beliefs perceived to be in
the group’s interests, or beliefs the group just
happens to believe are true.
See if you can come up with three or four
examples of your own which illuminate the
problem of group validation. Then, be on the lookout
for examples of group validation in the daily news.
Examples of group validation: