In Act III Mary Warren has the idea and belief that the other girls are simply faking and lying about them practicing witchcraft. Mary Warren openly says, “It were pretense sir.” (page 89). This is in response to the question of why she cried for help when people supposedly sent their spirit out against her. Proctor says “Excellency, you surely cannot think to let so vile a lie be spread in open court!” (page 89). This would be an example of the characters openly disagreeing with each other in the court. While one side of the story, Mary Warren’s says one thing Proctor’s does another. Although this may be a more harsh way of group thinking this does show how disagreeing can be good, because you do see another side of a story and although you still may not agree with the other person you are working to make a decision by group thinking. With the help of different people’s story and the judge’s experience they are able to meet the decision that it was Proctor who bid Mary Warren to do witchcraft and he is in the end arrested for what he …show more content…
Some positive effects include encouraging collaboration and teamwork. Throughout the novel the characters have no choice but to work together and must have patience with each other as they all work to solve one central problem. This teaches the characters how to work together and how to help accept the others ideas and be open to listening to them. This forces them to collaborate and share their own ideas with each other by talking and stating what evidence they have to support their opinions and what they think they should do to find a solution and solve the problem. Another positive effect is the idea that two hands are better than one. When we work together we are able to get so much more done than we would be able to do just by ourselves. In contrast, some negative effects of groupthink is the fact it discourages individual responsibility and creativity. When we work alone we are able to focus on strengthening and carrying out our own ideas, but when we are in a group we are influenced by other people’s ideas and how them might be better or worse than our own. Also when we work alone we must be responsible to get the task done or find a solution for something in a timely and neat manner. Also when we work as a group this could create fighting such as when Hathorne says, “Why do you hurt these children?” and Martha Corey replies, “I do not hurt them. I scorn it!” then Giles’ says, “ I have evidence for the