PAPERS/PROJECTS/EXERCISES
FOR THE FALL 2008
[The current document includes Pass/Fail assignments through 11/04/08. However, additional Pass/Fail and extra credit assignments may be added to this list and appear on the course website at www.asu.edu/courses/pgs458 Please check the website regularly for updates.]
[Last
Revised 08/26/08]
GROUP
DYNAMICS
PGS 458
Fall 2008
Dr.
Neidert
PGS
458
GROUP DYNAMICS
Exercise #1
Class Member Introductions
1.
Along with all of your other classmates,
form a large circle with your desks. Then, when called upon, have the following
information at hand:
a.
Your:
i.
Name
ii.
Major
iii.
Class/Year
b.
What you want to do when you graduate
c.
Why you are taking the class
d.
What kind of groups you are thinking
about investigating ... and why
e.
Why other class members would find you
a valuable group member in the group dynamics project.
f.
What you find particularly annoying
about group projects?
g.
What won't you tolerate from others
in your group?
h.
What days and times you have free to
work on the group project����������������������
PGS 458
Group Dynamics
Fall 2008
Dr. Neidert
INDIVIDUAL
LOG
Due Dates:���� I will ask for hard copies/e-copies at various
points in the semester, so keep these constantly up-to-date.
Page Length:� variable
Points: Pass/Fail
Task:������������� Keep a daily log of your experiences
in your group and for the groups you are studying. Your log will be the
basis for your individual paper and will be useful in writing your group
paper as well.
PGS 458
Group Dynamics
Fall 2008
Dr. Neidert
GROUP
NAME
Due Dates:���� 09/01/08
Page Length:� 1 pg.
Points: Pass/Fail
Task:������������� Submit your group name and its membership
to me, via email
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PGS 458
Group Dynamics
Fall 2008
Dr. Neidert
POTENTIAL
GROUPS TO STUDY
Due Dates:���� 09/01/08
Page Length:� variable
Points: Pass/Fail
Task:������������� List the specific groups you are
interested in studying.
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PGS 458
Group Dynamics
Fall 2008
Dr. Neidert
GROUP
MEMBERSHIP PAPER
Due Dates:���� 09/02/08
Page Length:� 1-3 pgs. (absolutely
no more than 3 pages).
Points: Pass/Fail
Task:������������� List as many groups to which you
belong/have belonged. Please list [in a columnar format] and enumerate the
groups. This is a group project and you must STAPLE a TYPED
cover page to the paper to get credit for the assignment.
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PGS 458
Group Dynamics
Fall 2008
Dr. Neidert
GROUP
MEMBERSHIP PAPER
Due Dates:���� 09/09/08
Page Length:� 3-5 pgs. (absolutely
no more than 5 pages).
Points: Pass/Fail
Task:������������� Select 5 groups that you listed in
Part I of this assignment and explain why you became a member. Also describe
why you continue to belong, if you still do, or why you quit if you did. This
is a group project and you must STAPLE a TYPED
cover page to the paper to get credit for the assignment. Be prepared to discuss
your insights from this exercise with the class.
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PGS 458
Group Dynamics
Fall 2008
Dr. Neidert
GROUP'S
APPROVAL TO BE OBSERVED
Due Dates:���� 09/15/08
Page Length:� N/A
Points: Pass/Fail
Task:������������� Just email me confirmation that the
groups you wish to study have granted you permission to do so. Ideally,
you would attach an email or letter from the group's leader which explicitly
grants you the permission.
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PGS 458
Group Dynamics
Fall 2008
Dr. Neidert
PREDICTORS,
CRITERIA,
Due Dates:����
Page Length:� 1-3 pgs. (absolutely
no more than 3 pages).
Points: Pass/Fail
Task:������������� Based on the last lecture, please
email me a list/description of the predictors and criteria you intend to
employ in your group research project. In addition, please include a rationale
for using each of them.
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PGS 458
Group Dynamics
Fall 2008
Dr. Neidert
SOCIOGRAM
ASSIGNMENT
Due Date:������������������ 09/22/08
Page Length:������������� variable (I suggest you use a landscape page format for each Sociogram).
Points:������������ Pass/Fail
Task:������������������������� All members of the same
group must watch the same episode of a TV Show or act of a Movie (get a DVD
or tape of it if you are all unavailable at the time it airs). Using a Behavioral/Observation
Checklist [e.g., SYMLOG, IPA, or one that you have created] record the data
relating to the characters behaviors. Then, using PowerPoint, individually
�draw� a computer generated Sociogram representing: (A) the Affiliation Relationship
[who gets along with whom] between the characters on the show and (B) the
Member Orientation [instrumental vs. socioemotional] of each of the characters
on the show. Compare them with your other group members. Finally, create a
Sociogram upon which the group can agree. Submit as a group all of your individual
and your group Sociograms, along with all of your observation sheets. All
sociograms must also include a key describing the meaning of each element
used in the diagram [e.g., shape, color, length & thickness of lines,
etc.]. You must STAPLE a TYPED
cover page to the copies to get credit for the assignment. Be prepared to
discuss your insights from this exercise with the class.
PGS 458
Group Dynamics
Fall 2008
Dr. Neidert
FINAL
APPROVAL FOR PREDICTORS, CRITERIA,
Due Dates:����
Page Length:� 1-3 pgs. (absolutely
no more than 3 pages).
Points: Pass/Fail
Task:������������� Please email me your final list/description
of the predictors and criteria you intend to employ in your group research
project. In addition, please include a rationale for using each of them.
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PGS 458
Group Dynamics
Fall 2008
Dr. Neidert
FINAL
DRAFT OF INTRODUCTION, METHODS AND
REFERENCES
DUE FOR PEER REVIEW
Due Dates:����
Page Length:� 7-12 pgs. (absolutely
no more than 15 pages).
Points: Pass/Fail
Task:������������� Using the criteria discussed in class,
write and hand in what you consider to be your final draft of the Introduction,
Methods and References for your Group Paper. The paper should be written
according to APA Style Guidlines and in MS Word (so that I can view the
e-version of your document).
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PGS 458
Group Dynamics
Fall 2008
Dr. Neidert
DATA
ORGANIZATION AND DATA SHEETS IN SPSS
Due Dates:����
Page Length:� 1-3 pgs. (absolutely
no more than 3 pages).
Points: Pass/Fail
Task:������������� Please email me your SPSS data file
with your completed data organization [variable names, labels, etc]. In
addition, you should have entered any data you have collected to date.
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PGS 458
Group Dynamics
Fall 2008
Dr. Neidert
PEER
REVIEWS OF FINAL DRAFT OF INTRODUCTION, METHODS AND
REFERENCES
Due Dates:����
Page Length:� Variable
Points: Pass/Fail
Task:������������� Using the peer review criteria discussed
in class, review the Introduction, Methods and References of Group Paper
you were assigned in class. Remember, each person should attach his/her
review sheet to the marked up draft of the other group's paper.
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