While a number of feature films can be used in group-process instruction, "Twelve Angry Men" and "The Breakfast Club" are particularly valuable for analyzing group communication patterns and strategies. "Twelve Angry Men" demonstrates that persuasion in groups can take place through a variety of methods. Exercises…

Problems in organizational groups are often defined around one pivotal and difficult group member. Based upon C. Stohl and S. Schell's concepts of farrago (a confusing group member who becomes the relational focus of the group), 28 undergraduate students and management personnel who frequently participate in group work were interviewed to validate…

The nature of the small group in university teaching and the role of the tutor is considered, and reference is made to the British system. After describing the way a free group achieves a working relationship, the importance of understanding and utilizing communication patterns to increase the effectiveness of a seminar or tutorial is noted.…

Feminism is experiencing a similar dual crisis in the United States and France. One aspect of this crisis, the movement's alignment with other groups, is destructive, inevitably leading to the subordination of women's issues to "human" issues. The other dimension of the crisis, internal differences, is potentially creative, offering the…

Ten dimensions of intergroup relations are postulated: identity consciousness, validating differences, advocacy-thinking, collaboration, coping with conflict, change orientation, risk-taking, directness with language, building personal credentials and creating adaptive structures. (Author/AM)

This article describes research done to develop and test a proactive model for positive married student adjustment that could serve as an educational vehicle in aiding mature self-direction and development as a married student unit. (Author)

The willingness to manipulate others has been called Machiavellianism. The purpose of the present study was to acquire a preliminary answer to the question: what verbal communicative strategies do people with high Machiavellian characteristics employ which permit them to influence and control the group process? (Author)

This report deals with the measurement of personality changes employing two modes of statistical treatment of data derived from two modes of group confrontation procedures. One group met for 12 weekly three-hour sessions. The other group met in an intensive group confrontation procedure for a continuous 38-hour session. (Author)

Defines interpersonal communicative behavior as behavior serving to increase immediate feelings of satisfaction, and investigates the relationships between this behavior and self-concepts. (MH)

The author critically analyzes the following assumptions underlying group work: groups follow certain regularities; groups are wiser than anyone or any minority of individuals; groups are not affected by the past of their members; groups are democratically run; and groups operate on the idea that whatever exists is beneficial to all. (SE)

The author describes a technique used in encounter groups, called query, which is action oriented and aims at promoting the self insight of group members. Asking questions of one another and role playing are two major aspects of the technique described. (SE)

This article describes the lack of cooperativeness, involvement, responsibility, and creative thinking that has characterized individuals as members of groups in western democracies, and suggests that participation training can help people to both learn better and to learn from and value one another. (CD)

The economic condition of the country, strong intra-group differences, and a long standing historic pattern of non-cooperation are some of the problems that are seen to block inter-group cooperative efforts. (Author/AM)

Among the reflections shared are that many persons will follow a positive course of action in human relations once definite leadership is given. The future of human relations in America is said to lie in an acceptance of cultural pluralism. (Author/AM)

An examination of Synanon's innovative experiment in collective child rearing and education which includes a detailed description of the Synanon School, including its history and development, organization, and census data on its resident children. Special emphasis is placed on Synanon as a new, emerging self-contained community, the extensive use…