It is proposed that this culture alleviates basic personal and group anxieties by offering defensive satisfactions. Strong social norms and the technical designing" of the staff tend to maintain an artificially united community," benevolently ruled. Also suggested is that Bethel culture serves to preserve American society from internal and…

Among the effects of trainers on their T Groups was that trainer empathy and security were related to liking for the trainer and perceived member learning. Trainer affection, tendencies to reward and punish, and openess showed no or little relationship to participant learning. (Author)