Members of a jury have been sequestered for an entire week trying to decide if there is enough evidence for a conviction against a former government official on trial for corruption and bribery. The group is under intense pressure to come to an agreement. The members who had hesitations soon stop voicing their doubts and simply go along with the jury foreperson who is convinced of the individual's guilt and a guilty verdict is reached swiftly.

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Terms: cognitive element, groupthink, diffusion of responsibility, behavioral element, affective element, group polarization, deindividuation, peripheral route to persuasion, central route to persuasion