It is postulated that the standard framework for psychotherapy, a cooperative transference neurosis, does not validly carry over to the successful psychotherapy of a two-generation family group. In many disturbed families, the necessary and sufficient dynamics for change must be initiated, controlled, and augmented by a group dynamic power-play,…

This booklet discuss five methods of handling disruptive behavior, including: (a) the teacher-dominant approach, (b) the analytic approach, (c) the behavioristic approach, (d) the student-centered approach, and (e) the teacher-student interaction approach. Application of the approaches is illustrated using an example of a classroom conflict that…

This updated search of the ERIC system, "Dissertation Abstracts," and the journal literature yielded 58 documents which cover group counseling, group dynamics, types of groups, and how they function as well as training needed for working with groups. (SD)

The overall purpose of the study was to assess the effect of various levels of conferee participation in the process of conference program planning. The first hypothesis tested was that conferees assigned to committees most actively engaged in the planning and implementation of a conference will perceive it as more effective than will conferees…

To study the effect on physically handicapped children's mental health of organized group activities in community centers and settlements, 230 children participated in a 2 year demonstration project. Mental health was defined as the child's social functioning in home and school and as reflected in the child's self image; and it was hypothesized…

Concurrent with the increasing interest in the training group (T-Group) as a source of growth and personal awareness for its participants, is a need to examine the effects of the T-group on certain personality types. This paper presents a rationale for examining the effects of the T-group on introverts and extroverts. Two T-group styles were…

Organizational training aims at increasing the problem-solving effectiveness of groups by harnessing emotional states and enabling participants to function efficiently as working components of a task-oriented body. A three-step sequence for using organizational training in schools would: (1) improve communication skills of personnel, (2) change…

This study analyzes data collected in the summer of 1970. Fifty-seven groups, composed of two white and two black junior high school boys, were filmed as they participated in a cooperative task. Observers scored task-related interaction and socio-emotional behavior from video tapes of each group. Attitudes and perceptions of one another and of the…

One hundred eighty 4-man groups (90 of men and 90 of women) using 3 types of net (All-Channel, Wheel and Circle) under 3 conditions (Planning Period (PP), Rest Period (RP) and Control) were run in a single session with 5 complex problems to determine whether a single 2-minute planning period after solution of the first problem would result in…

The small-group process is discussed in relation to its use as a teaching method; the objections to and advantages of small groups are enumerated, and numerous group interaction diagrams are listed. Also, various exercises and guidelines for successful group application are presented. A final section is devoted to the different kinds of groups and…

The group interpretation approach to theatre production is defined as a method that will lead to production of plays that will appeal to "all the layers of the conscious and unconscious mind." In practice, it means that the group will develop and use resources of the theatre that orthodox companies too often ignore. The first two chapters of this…

Described here is a curricular effort to respond to the need for more adequate preparation of students in the areas of negotiating skills, cooperative efforts, and the nature of professional work. Successful cooperative and negotiative efforts require a high level of skills--skills that the isolated nature of our educational structure seldom…

The purpose of this book is to examine the nature and operation of power in interpersonal relations. Designed for general use in communication, political science, business, and the social sciences, this book shows how power operates and affects us in everyday encounters. The first section of the book is an historical overview of the influences of…

A SOCIAL STRATA STUDY WAS MADE OF SELECTED HIGH SCHOOLS. THE INSTRUMENTS, METHODS OF CLIQUE AND CROWD DETECTION, AND THE STRUCTURE OF PARTICIPATION WERE ALL REPORTED. EMPIRICAL EXPLORATIONS INCLUDED CULTURAL AND POLITICAL ORIENTATIONS, SOCIAL PARTICIPATION, AND POLITICAL ORIENTATIONS. THE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED PRIMARILY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING…

AN EXPERIMENT TESTED THE HYPOTHESIS THAT INCREASES IN SELF-ACCEPTANCE RESULTING FROM SENSITIVITY TRAINING HAVE THE THEORETICALLY PREDICTABLE BUT INDIRECT EFFECT OF REDUCING RACE PREJUDICE. THERE WERE 50 VOLUNTEERS, AGED FROM 23 TO 59, 8 OF WHOM WERE NEGROES. MOST HAD AT LEAST A B.S. DEGREE. THEY LIVED TOGETHER FOR 2 WEEKS MEETING IN FIVE T GROUPS,…