DEMONSTRATING DYNAMIC SOCIAL IMPACT - CONSOLIDATION, CLUSTERING, CORRELATION, AND (SOMETIMES) THE CORRECT ANSWER

This demonstration illustrates principles of group dynamics and dynami c social impact and can be used in classes in social psychology or gro up dynamics. Students discuss their answers to multiple-choice questio ns with neighbors and answer them again. Discussion consistently leads to the consolidation (reduced diversity), clustering (spatial self-or ganization), correlation (emergent linkages), and continuing diversity of responses. ''Truth'' does not necessarily win, showing that the so cial reality of the group may be more important than objective reality .