The film Twelve Angry Men uses psychological principles to display how a jury functions as a group. Informational influence, selective exposure, and social loafing are all predominant issues related to thinking and acting as a group. This is demonstrated as the jury debates the verdict of the defendant. These three psychological principles are major components of the film because it represents how they conform to one another’s behaviors. The movie takes place mainly in the jurors room as they discuss whether an 18 year old boy murdered his father. Evidence from both sides is presented and the juror is greatly leaning towards a guilty verdict. However, Juror 8 disagrees and asks the rest of the jury to at least consider whether or not the defendant might be guilty for a little longer. Throughout the film the jury starts shifting its verdict to not guilty until it becomes unanimous. …show more content…
213). Throughout the film we see different jurors provide examples of this. At first, the verdict is 11 to 1 in favor of voting guilty. The jurors go around the room and one by one explain why they believe the boy was guilty of murdering his father. Juror 2 states, “I just think he’s guilty,” simply because “nobody proved otherwise”. Juror 3 goes on to say that if the testimonies don’t prove it, nothing does. As they continue speaking in the circle, only a few Jurors give legitimate reasons and an explanation as to why they believe he is