WANTED - A MODEL FOR UNDERST ANDING AND PREDICTING CHANGE IN NATURAL AND THERAPUTIC GROUPS AND SYSTEMS WHICH ARE GEMEINSCHAFT-LIKE.

Abstract

No doubt this presentation will suffer from what appears to be a com- mon human weakness; namely, our tendency to dichotomize. However, if my concluding remarks may be anticipated here, it is my hope that sociom- etry and sociodrama, key topics of our Congresses here, may assist in overcoming this weakness. For my audience here I should not need to demonstrate the nature and prevalence of this tendency to dichotomize which is often a weakness. You are all familiar with the findings of Osgood et al.1 Most of the adjectives we use to describe either individuals or groups and their action may be classified into the following dichotomies: 1) evaluations as to whether they are good or bad, 2) strong or weak and 3) active or passive.