12 Angry MenSociology

Foreman (Juror #1)

Juror #2

• Bank Clerk

Juror #3

Owner of Messenger Service

Juror #4

• Stockbroker

Juror #5

• Mechanic

Juror #6

• House painter

Juror #7

• Salesman

Juror #8

Architect

Juror #9• Retired 70 yr. old

Juror #10

• Garage Owner

He is sick (cold).

Juror #11

• Watchmaker

Juror #12

Advertising man

Sociological Perspective

• New York City in 1950s.

• Attitudes regarding race

• American societal concerns:

Threats from outside (USSR, China, Korea)

Threats from inside (communists, minorities, drugs, crime)

Traditional American Values

Image A

Image B

Image C

Image A with Caption

• Puerto Rican Protest For Civil Rights

• Original caption: 3/1/1964-New York, NY: Puerto Rican demonstrators walk in silence from City Hall in Manhattan across the Brooklyn Bridge to the Board of Education Offices in Brooklyn during protest here March 1st. The march, sponsored by the National Association for Puerto Rican Civil Rights, is designed to urge improvement of education facilities in the city for Puerto Ricans. (Original Caption)

• Date Created: March 1, 1964• Location: New York, New York, USA• © Bettmann/CORBIS

Image B with Caption

• Rioters During Harlem Unrest• Original caption: New York, New York: Today's

temperature and humidity might have been responsible for the boiling over of tempers leading to the small-scale war which suddenly roared through the streets of teeming Harlem. A cameraman got this "front-line" photograph as the victim of a barrage of trash cans still writhed in no-man's land and a junior member of one of the factions advanced to the fray armed with a stick and a rock. The fight is said to have started between factions of Spaniards and Puerto Ricans at the Jefferson Pool at First Avenue and 114th Street whence it quickly spread to adjoining streets.

• Date Created: June 12, 1949• Location: Harlem, Manhattan, New York, New

York, USA © Bettmann/CORBIS

Image C with Caption

• Children Reciting Pledge of Allegiance• Original caption: Chicago, Illinois: While other

schools suffer racial discord, America's heritage as a harmonious melting pot is dramatically illustrated in flag salute in Benjamin Franklin School, here, September 9. Third graders who don't know the meaning of "segregation" and "integration", but only that all other kids are companions, make pledge of liberty and justice for all. Pupils are of Caucasian, Negro, Puerto Rican, and Mexican descent.

• Date Created: September 9, 1963• Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA• © Bettmann/CORBIS

• Influence on group dynamics

• Characters in blue are first swayed by juror #8 to vote not guilty.

Group Assignments

1. Conformity (Dion, Lina, Jake)

2. Minority Influence (Salik, Ryan,Miguel)

3. Attribution errors

4. Attribution bias (Mike, Su, Jalen)

5. Leadership (3 styles)

6. Persuasion (Jacob, Christian, Ditty)7. Group Dynamics (Keondra, Rachella, Briana)

Group Assignments

8. Decision Making (Nick, Alef, Thots)9. Social Cognition (Schemas) (Winona, Bethany, Kevin)

10.Social Cognition (Heuristics)

11. Prejudice (Alexandra, Jakie, Marina)

12. Culture and Gender (Peter, Denise, Jalon)

13. Conflict Perspective (Daniela, Josh, Tia-Marie)

14. Vested Interests

15. Sanctions (Oz, Simi, Jessica)