I was involved in a task group last summer at my agency; my group was assigned a policy to review and update‚ in preparation for our quality assurance site visit. The group got off to a rocky start as there were initial disagreements as to how to precede with completing our report. During the process‚ we also lost two members and the remaining members were tasked with completing the report by the deadline. The outcome was good and we were able to accomplish the tasks‚ after the initial hiccups
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Group Influence Christin Patchin PSY/400 Social Psychology Jodi Clarke March 23‚ 2015 Part 1 How were the people arranged in the physical environment (layout of room and seating arrangement)? The employees of Chipotle are sitting in a circle in the dining room. What is the composition of the group‚ in terms of number of people‚ ages‚ sex‚ ethnicity‚ etc.? There are a total of twenty-six people. There are fifteen girls and eleven boys. Ages range from sixteen to twenty-five. There is a range
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Group Influence Eva Chadwick PSY/400 12/15/2015 Dr. Wade Lijewski Group Influence Throughout history‚ social groups and primary groups represents individuals who associates a connection with comparable others. Giving a presence of homophily within a group of people who share similarities like age‚ culture‚ social status‚ and even religious beliefs. However‚ a group never begins with three or four different individuals who have dissimilar views or perspectives. Groups begins with one‚ two‚ or three
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When it came to doing group work in ELS our task was to perform a mock police interview and mock trial. My group consisted of 5 students all with different roles within the legal process. As the defendant my aim was to persuade the mock jury that I was not guilty of the offence of dangerous driving. Working with my team was a very important part of the process to develop sound arguments to persuade the jury to acquit me. The art of persuasion helped me a lot with this as I have already developed
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Group Influence Michelle Harriman PSY400 February 2‚ 2015 Sherri Sedler Group Influence The intent of this paper is to discuss the dynamics of a group of coworkers and peers form the perspective of social psychology. The group will be analyzed in relation to the formation of norms‚ roles‚ hierarchy‚ potential groupthink‚ and any communication patterns as observed. A social interaction within a group of two or more people creates a group environment. These groups create a social power‚ or group
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people?” The question was then asked‚ “Is education a tool used by society to mould children?” The group gravitated toward the word “mould” when describing education. This was aroused by theorist John Locke’s idea that education is something that is “done to” children. (Johnson & Reed‚ 2008) The group sought the definition of this word‚ which by the Oxford Universities dictionary is defined as “influence the formation or development of”. (Oxford Dictionaries‚ 2013) Following our COI it was agreed
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Group 4 Project Reflection Group 4 project was an interesting learning experience. It forced me to work with people that I haven’t worked with before‚ take into account our team’s different opinions and make the most out of what we had. We started out with an idea‚ water suspended on a table without a cup‚ that we spent a whole meeting on‚ before we realized that it was not possible to do it‚ which left us with two meetings to decide what we were going to do. I was then unable to
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Group Project Reflection Paper This past week in COMS 101‚ we formed groups and created a project in regards to the importance of communication. My group consisted of five group members: Hope Dryer‚ Jamison Roney‚ Kristin Rudell‚ Shaina Cadet‚ and myself. Together we experienced the different aspects and importance of small groups. In order to begin our project‚ our group had to experience the decision-making phases. We started with the first phase‚ Orientation. During this phase‚ our group positioned
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Speaking at Work and in Groups Final Reflection In my current position‚ as a house supervisor‚ I work with five other nurses to provide 24 hour coverage within our facility. As a group‚ we all have varying degrees of experience and range in age from the youngest member‚ in her mid-20s‚ to our oldest member who is 64 years old. Working within this multigenerational group has led to some difficulties in communication and expectations among members as I will expand upon further. One particular problem
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I facilitate groups at my internship Andover Subacute and Rehab Center. The individuals in the groups are ex-alcoholics and drug abusers. Around 6-10 people usually attend the groups‚ we discuss different topics that have to do with their recovery and the process they took. Due to HIPAA‚ I was not able to record the clients‚ so I will be using my process recordings. A majority of the group members are of old age‚ so listening is a very good quality that I have. It is hard for me to understand many
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