Word: grouped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...basis of this experiment, which was performed last spring, Cottle has claimed, "The fundamental idea of Soc Rel 120 can definitely be used successfully with non-college groups, and even without professional group leaders...
Cottle thinks the problems of racial hatred are intensified by sexual anxieties, especially common in adolescents. "Imagine the complexity of the relationship between a 16-year-old Negro girl and a 20-year-old white group leader," he said. "We have found that much of what was considered 'racial' problems are really sexual ones: the adjustment of white girls to Negro boys, for example...
Leaders participated as little as possible. The situation forced members of the group to create a flexible "society" of their own. Certain individuals naturally began to guide the discussion. Others questioned why certain group members "never opened their mouths...
...leader's refusing to dominate the situation caused the group members to learn to live and function together peaceably without outside guidance. They knew they were responsible for their acts. They realized they wouldn't be able to blame the leader if conflicts arose...
...just like the United Nations and he [the leader] is like a silent Secretary-General. What could happen if he weren't here? There would be anarchy," a girl in an integrated group commented in one of the first sessions...