Background
Janis, Irving Lester was born on May 26, 1918 in Buffalo. Son of M. Martin and Etta (Goldstein) Janis.
( A study of how people react psychologically to bombing ...)
A study of how people react psychologically to bombing raids. The author studies the Japanese who survived Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as those exposed to the air raids of England, France, and Germany.
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"studies of attitude change were carried out mainly during the late 1940s"
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(Counseling on Personal Decisions (Study in Attitude & Com...)
Counseling on Personal Decisions (Study in Attitude & Communication) Jan 01, 1982 Janis, Irving L.
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( General persuasibility--a person's readiness to accept ...)
General persuasibility--a person's readiness to accept social influence from others irrespective of what he or she knows about the communicator or what it is that the communicator is advocating--is studied. Significant contributions on individual differences in persuasibility made by a number of psychologists associated with the Yale Communication and Attitude Change Program are brought together in this volume.
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How can counselors be most effective in advising clients who seek help in making vital decisions concerning health, career, marriage or other aspects of their personal lives? Irving Janis offers this practical guide, basing his suggestions mainly on the findings from recent field experiments in health clinics.
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It was poor policymaking by corporate heads that brought Lockheed and Chrysler to the brink of bankruptcy; it was the failure of top managers to respond to new market conditions in the early 1980s that led to the demise of hundreds of corporations, both large and small; and it was "quick-and-easy" decisions by Presidents Kennedy and Reagan that resulted in serious mistakes in foreign policy. Now, Irving Janis, one of the world's leading authorities on decisionmaking, presents a comprehensive analysis that shows corporate executives, government and organizational policymakers, and general managers how to avoid making critical errors and ensure quality in making vital decisions. Using cogent evidence and illustrations from studies of top-level policymakers in government, business, and public welfare organizations, Janis shows how the likelihood of failure is substantially reduced if sound procedures of information search, appraisal, and planning are used. He alerts executives to the preconditions, precipitating events, and catalysts that create situations where the most dangerous error of decisionmaking -- relying on simplistic decision rules -- often occurs. For issues perceived as routine or unimportant, Janis contends that policymakers typically resort to a "quick-and-easy" or "seat-of-the-pants" approach to decisionmaking. When that judgment is objectively incorrect, the results can be disastrous. Similarly, critical mistakes are made by policymakers coping with problems they regard as serious when they give priority to constraints which result in failure to carry out the crucial steps of effective problemsolving. By following the four essential steps outlined by Janis,policymakers can adopt "vigilant problem solving," the high-quality procedural strategy for arriving at policy decisions When policymakers utilize the vigilant problem solving approach, they are likely to take full account of the various constraints involved in a situation and may even seek out additional information about them. Consequently, the risk of failure, especially in critical situations, is substantially lowered. Janis also details how executives can deal with challenging threats and opportunities and reveals what specific leadership practices are likely to improve crisis management. A profile of twenty leadership practices will help managers function as effective executives who practice and promote high-quality decisionmaking on issues that affect the vital interests of the organization. A set of seventeen characteristics for selecting the best personnel for policymaking positions is also provided to aid managers in reducing their sources of error. Janis' highly acclaimed decisionmaking strategies give a powerful advantage to managers in all kinds of organizations, from the smallest family business to the largest corporation and government agency.
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(GroupthinkPsychological Studies of Policy Decisions and F...)
GroupthinkPsychological Studies of Policy Decisions and Fiascoes
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research psychologist emeritus educator
Janis, Irving Lester was born on May 26, 1918 in Buffalo. Son of M. Martin and Etta (Goldstein) Janis.
Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1939; Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, Columbia University, 1948.
Research assistant, experimental division study war time committee, Library of Congress, 1941;
senior social science analyst, special war policies unit, Department Justice, 1941-1943;
research associate, special committee, Social Science Research Council, 1945-1946;
research fellow, Social Science Research Council, 1946-1947;
member of faculty, Yale University, 1947-1985;
professor psychology, Yale University, 1960-1985;
professor emeritus, Yale University, from 1985;
Adjunct Professor, University of California-Berkeley, from 1985. Research consultant Research and Development Corporation, 1948-1974. Member panel social psychological research National Science Foundation, 1965-1966.
Member committee disaster studies National Research Council-National Academy Sciences, 1953-1957. Member Surgeon General's Science Advisory Committee on television and Social Behavior, 1969-1971.
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Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1945. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Psychological Association (Distinguished Science Contribution award 1981).
Son of M. Martin and Etta (Goldstein) J. M. Marjorie Graham, September 5, 1939. Children: Cathy Wheeler, Charlotte.
