Film I

Small Group Communication

50 Points Possible:

40 POINTS CONTENT

10 POINTS GROUP EVALUATION

THIS IS A GROUP ASSIGNMENT -- EVERYONE MUST PARTICIPATE EQUALLY! Please be as descriptive and specific as possible. Your assignment should be typewritten, double spaced, and contain everyone’s name in the group. You should have five(5) errors in reasoning, and five(5) behaviors counterproductive to critical thinking, for a total of ten(10) items for this assignment. This should be completed in outline form.

For A and B below:

Provide an example for each of the counterproductive behaviors and errors of reasoning which you observed from the film.

1). List the error in reasoning /counterproductive behavior

2). Define the error in reasoning or behavior.

3). Tell me exactly where an example of this error in reasoning or

behavior can be found in the movie-Be SPECIFIC, Use evidence. Make the connection. Always include the “because.” In other words, this example fits this concept because…

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For Example: (This is a hypothetical example)

I. Freezing Up

A. Definition: Freezing up is when a person sits in the same place every single time

the group meets and is not willing to accept change

B. Example: Freezing Up occurs most commonly with

Juror #1, the foreman. He initiates a particular seat before anyone else sits

down. Throughout the entire film, he never sits anywhere else. His intensity of

“freezing up” is dramatized when he gets up to go to the bathroom. He looks

back to the seat before he enters the restroom to make sure no one will sit in the

seat. It is as though he is paralyzed on the fact that he may “lose” his seat.

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I. Content

A. Counterproductive behaviors: (p. 109, Table 5.5)

1. Overdependence on authority figures

2. Impulsiveness

3. Lack of confidence

4. Dogmatic, inflexible behavior

5. Unwillingness to think critically

B. Errors in Reasoning: (pp. 119-122)

1. Overgeneralization

2. Attacking the Person instead of the Argument

3. Confusing Causal Relationship

4. Either-Or-Thinking

5. Incomplete Comparison

II. Evaluation

Individually write an evaluation for each group member using the evaluation guide. This evaluation is

for my eyes only, so be honest and specific.