Group Definition Activity
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1. Considering the groups to which you belong (for example, the basketball team, your family, your classes, etc.), which meet the accepted definition of a group?

2. From your own experience, how does communication in a group of people change when its size increases?

3. Go to the Hastings Law Reviewand search the words "reduce jury size," then click on "Improving the Jury System: Reducing Jury Size," by Margo Hunter 02/23/04. Or go directly to http://w3uchastings.edu/plri/spr96tex/jurysiz.html. Based on what you know about the interaction within a small group, how will reducing the size of a jury affect the jury's decision-making ability?

4. Do you think it is a good idea to reduce the size of a jury in certain cases?


Group Definition | Group Communication


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