This study attempts to articulate the internal normative structure of sensitivity training groups by identifying the normative patterns that govern member behavior and by examining the relative influence exercised by trainer and member over the establishment and maintenance of group norms. (Author)

Systematic methods are needed for studying group development over time. The method described here permits interpretive description of a group session, useful both for feedback to the group and for further study of group processes. (Author)

Outlined is a therapeutic approach to intercession in intergroup conflict which involves establishing and institutionalizing linkages of communication and contact between the hostile parties. Comments by Edward W. Barrett and Melvin Guyer follow. (Author/BY)

This paper focuses on a comparison of two models, with special attention to the ways in which authority and peer relations are viewed. The need for theoretical and technical amalgamation to advance our understanding of group phenomena is stressed. A comment by James Crowfoot, University of Michigan follows. (Author)

Developmental trends in two 10-man training groups were studied by checklist and rating scale techniques throughout a four-day laboratory. Differences in the developmental patterns of the two T Groups are interpreted as consequences of the contrasting approaches of the trainers. (Author)

The major finding of the study is that, although encounter groups have an impact on their participants, what is carried away from the experience depends on particular characteristics of the group in interaction with what participants bring to it. (Author)

The article describes an effort to systematically collect data and different leadership styles used by chairmen and staff persons and to relate these styles to the effective functioning of task oriented committees. (Author)