You know how everyone is going on about motivational talk about how:

When you believe you can achieve
Together we are strong

And all the anime emphaise on these beautiful values and all that...

Then my lecturer shattered it all today:

These ideals are actually decision traps people might fall into! you should aviod them at all costs!!

decision traps a person might fall into.. they are:

anchoring trap
status quo trap
sunk cost trap - not willing to give up coz you put so much into an investment
framing trap - frame situations favourable to your outlook

I guess these are true.. then it came to the team traps!

group polarization - tendency for teams to make more risky decisions then individuals working alone [ think - anime: we are together! we can make it! you are not alone! ]

deindividaulisation & diffusion of responsibility - [ think - anime : bad guys in groups have no morals : team rocket??]

group think : tendency of choesive groups to value consensous over decision quality. characterised by
overestimation of group : [invulnerability - view group polarisation]
closemindedness [eletism? ]
pressures towards conformity [ i shall kick you out if you dont conform!]
Conditions: choesion, strong leadership, strategic competitions & comeetitive pressure

So much for how romantic shooting stars are when they are actually burning pieces of rubble..