Experimental Studies In The Social Climates Of Groups

Duration: 32

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: 21:19:03:24 Two boys in workshop sawing wood while another boy mixes paint under adult supervision. In background is blackboard with “Charley” written on it in chalk.; 21:20:17:05 Five boys, one in overalls and the other in typical fifties garb at work in the workshop using saws and paint with a blackboard in the background.; 21:21:00:12 Intertitle containing keywords “autocracy,” “aggression,” “hostility,” “scapegoats” and “apathy” in a psychological context.; 21:21:35:12 Intertitle: “The Secret Agents”; 21:22:25:14 Boys sitting around in a room with “The Bar of Justice” written on the makeshift burlap wall behind them.; 21:22:44:27 Intertitle: “Authority leaves no place for discussion and group voting: the leader begins directing immediately. Obedience is prompt.”; 21:25:29:12 Intertitle: “Work has disintegrated into restless activity.”; 21:26:01:10 Intertitle: “ ‘He’s coming back’. Kim acts as if he has been working.”; 21:27:10:11 CU sign painted in child’s handwriting “Aw and Order / Patrol”; 21:29:08:22 Intertitle: “Bill keeps on working. restless gunplay, from behind burlap walls, occupies the others.”; 21:29:42:15 Intertitle: “Anarchic freedom can also lead to boredom!”; 21:30:15:26 Intertitle: “ ‘I wish there was something to do’.”; 21:31:22:16 Intertitle: “From Democracy to Autocracy.”; 21:34:21:13 Intertitle: “Detailed orders make the boys dependent on the autocrat for direction. Free conversation has ceased.”; 21:35:45:20 Intertitle: “Boredom and looking away are tending to replace work interest.”; 21:48:44:06 Two boys talking while two other carry on with their work. One boy much taller than the other listening to the smaller boy. Behind them on a burlap wall is painted in childish writing “Crime Don’t Pay.” Guns and a skull and cross bones is also painted on the wall.; 21:51:28:00 Intertitle: “Friendly discussion and pleasant atmosphere.”; 21:52:03:22 MS boy hammering chisel into a piece of wood.; 21:52:21:28 Intertitle: “After five days the democratic spirit is firmly established.”; 21:52:59:07 Intertitle: “Work is accompanied by a friendly and open atmosphere. Much conversation and smiling.”, Presents a study of the effects of types of social organizations upon the attitudes and learning of junior high school children. The social climates developed in the experimental situations are democratic, laissez-faire, and autocratic. The same children carry out their activities in three atmospheres. The basic reactions to the democratic atmosphere are the "we-feeling" and independence; to the laissez-faire atmosphere, horseplay and boredom; and to the autocratic, apathy and aggression.

Complete Record: 21:19:03:24 Two boys in workshop sawing wood while another boy mixes paint under adult supervision. In background is blackboard with “Charley” written on it in chalk.; 21:20:17:05 Five boys, one in overalls and the other in typical fifties garb at work in the workshop using saws and paint with a blackboard in the background.; 21:21:00:12 Intertitle containing keywords “autocracy,” “aggression,” “hostility,” “scapegoats” and “apathy” in a psychological context.; 21:21:35:12 Intertitle: “The Secret Agents”; 21:22:25:14 Boys sitting around in a room with “The Bar of Justice” written on the makeshift burlap wall behind them.; 21:22:44:27 Intertitle: “Authority leaves no place for discussion and group voting: the leader begins directing immediately. Obedience is prompt.”; 21:25:29:12 Intertitle: “Work has disintegrated into restless activity.”; 21:26:01:10 Intertitle: “ ‘He’s coming back’. Kim acts as if he has been working.”; 21:27:10:11 CU sign painted in child’s handwriting “Aw and Order / Patrol”; 21:29:08:22 Intertitle: “Bill keeps on working. restless gunplay, from behind burlap walls, occupies the others.”; 21:29:42:15 Intertitle: “Anarchic freedom can also lead to boredom!”; 21:30:15:26 Intertitle: “ ‘I wish there was something to do’.”; 21:31:22:16 Intertitle: “From Democracy to Autocracy.”; 21:34:21:13 Intertitle: “Detailed orders make the boys dependent on the autocrat for direction. Free conversation has ceased.”; 21:35:45:20 Intertitle: “Boredom and looking away are tending to replace work interest.”; 21:48:44:06 Two boys talking while two other carry on with their work. One boy much taller than the other listening to the smaller boy. Behind them on a burlap wall is painted in childish writing “Crime Don’t Pay.” Guns and a skull and cross bones is also painted on the wall.; 21:51:28:00 Intertitle: “Friendly discussion and pleasant atmosphere.”; 21:52:03:22 MS boy hammering chisel into a piece of wood.; 21:52:21:28 Intertitle: “After five days the democratic spirit is firmly established.”; 21:52:59:07 Intertitle: “Work is accompanied by a friendly and open atmosphere. Much conversation and smiling.”, Presents a study of the effects of types of social organizations upon the attitudes and learning of junior high school children. The social climates developed in the experimental situations are democratic, laissez-faire, and autocratic. The same children carry out their activities in three atmospheres. The basic reactions to the democratic atmosphere are the "we-feeling" and independence; to the laissez-faire atmosphere, horseplay and boredom; and to the autocratic, apathy and aggression.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.