.Category
{T/F Exercise}
.Stage
{Basics}
.Note
{(Recommended for Otto's Famous Eight Group Design)}
.Title
{Define (<UIB>A Concept<BI>)<N>}
.Minimum
{3 - 4 Ts and 3 - 4 Fs}
.Ideal
{6 - 8 Ts and 6 - 8 Fs}
.Maximum
{50 people  (If larger, see Trainer Tips - Dealing With Large Groups.)}
.TimeMin
{20 minutes}
.TimeMax
{35 minutes (Time will vary by group size)}
.Object1
{To highlight and experience the differences between T and F judgments}
.Object2
{To begin to understand the role of the T and F preferences in the decision-making process}
.Object3
{To underscore both types of preferences as valid ways of making decisions}
.Object4
{To help participants to validate an T or F preference}
.Material1
{Flipchart paper (several sheets) for each group}
.Material2
{Markers}
.Material3
{Masking tape }
.Material4
{A pre-printed overhead or flipchart with the instructions (Optional)}
.Instruct1
{Choose a single concept for the participants to define.  Among the suggestions are <I>trust, love, time, conflict, leadership, competency, control, power, <n>or <I>authority<n>.  Don't be afraid to experiment with new items.}
.Instruct2
{Divide into T and F groups and position in the room to utilize flipchart paper for capturing group data.}
.Instruct3
{Give each T or F group the following verbal instructions:}
.Box1
{"Define (the concept you have chosen) and prepare a group report on the flipchart paper.  You have 10 minutes." [DO NOT CLARIFY THE INSTRUCTIONS FURTHER.] }
.Debrief1
{Each group should verbally share their reports without telling the participants which group is T or F.  Make sure to ask the groups to describe the process they used to arrive at their group output.  Hear each group's report before processing the differences in the large group.}
.Debrief2
{Ask the group:  "What, if any, differences do you observe in these reports, both in the output and the way they described their processes?"  (Capture their observations on flipchart paper.)}
.Debrief3
{Identify which groups were Ts and which were Fs.  (If strength of preference was used to further subdivide the T and/or F groups, clarify and examine the differences in output.)}
.Debrief4
{Facilitate a discussion highlighting the differences.  Stress to the entire group that both Ts and Fs could arrive at the same conclusion, but the decision-making process they used would be different.}
.Caution1
{Do not let the group conclude that the T output (i.e., definitions often looking like they came from a dictionary) is the only legitimate response to the instruction, "define."}
