offer him $25,000. When he accepts he believes he was the only one who had received them. Herb was finally apart of the in-group. He showed illusions of invulnerability, making statements like this one “they love me for the same reason they used to hate me, because I'm the guy who knows everything.” Being known as an intelligent person made him so arrogant that he would do what ever the network say to stay in the spotlight. “I have waited for this my whole life” said Herb, belief in the groups moral standards was never questioned by Herb until he was no longer needed. Herb Rationalized his action to his wife in saying, “That box is the biggest thing since Gutenberg invented the printing press, and I'm the biggest thing on it”, this kept Lewis, Chernettepage #3his self-perception under control and made him feel better about himself. Herb showed more of a cognitive dissonance position with his anger toward Charles then the fact that he was responsible for the game show to continue on and cheat everyone including him. Herbert had to prove to himself and to everyone else he was intelligent this statement says it best. “You want to know what? If I do nothing else I will convince them that Hebert Stemple knows what won the Academy Award for best picture of 1955; that's what I'm gonna accomplish.” This was the question he was forced to lose the contest on. It was not until after Charles spoke to congress board that Herbert realized he was closed-minded and did not take in to account how things would effect him, his family or Charles. With Charles the producers used the use foot in the door technique to trap him. First by asking him to comply with cheating and when he did not they input a question for him to answer so that he would have to make a public commitment. When Charles answered the question it was his first step to conforming to the group think method. Charles loves the...
