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Reflect on your own experiences of being in groups.

1. Describe the feelings of tension, ambivalence, or frustration that you experience in groups. What role do you typically take in groups?
2. Think about a significant group that you have joined. What were the prominent paradoxes that you experienced as you entered the group?
3. Provide an example of "stuckness" that you have experienced or observed in a group. What paradoxes of group life were at the root of the paralysis?

To receive full points (25) for this assignment you should:

1. Submit your reflection by the Sunday deadline.
2. Fully respond to the prompts.
3. Incorporate key concepts into your answers and provide a citation for each one. Be sure that you are applying concepts in a way that makes sense and is consistent with how the author(s) defines them.
4. Ensure that your writing is coherent, error free, meets style expectations, is between 750 and 1,000 words in length, and does not contain quotes.

USE THE FOLLOWING SOURCES ---------

Gaylin, W. (2003). Hatred: The psychological descent into violence. New York: Public Affairs.

Volkan, V. (2006). Killing in the name of identity: A study of bloody conflicts. Charlottesville, VA.: Pitchstone Publishing.

Rothman, J. (1997). Resolving identity-based conflict in nations, organizations, and communities. San Francisco, CA.: Jossey-Bass Publishers.