Trail Mix

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In this weeks episode of Survivor the two tribes have merged and alliances were developed. There are now two defined characters who are trying to take on the leadership role and protect themselves with alliances. Jeremy decides to take things into his own hands and establishes his position as a leader when he addresses several (7) members from the camp and confirms they are still loyal to him. Josh witnesses Jeremy talking to several members and realizes if he doesn’t make a move quick his rival will get him kicked out by the next council meeting. In the end Julie who kept a little extra trail mix after the feast was outcasted when found out by the others. She could no longer taking being without her loved one and decides to quit and go home. Thus resulting in no tribal Council and Josh and Jeremy left to battle it out next week. Chapter 9 in the book covers Structured and Creative Problem Solving in groups. The chapter has an emphasis on Decision making and whether it is more effective to make decisions in groups or independent decisions. If you break down the concept of the show, everyone is competing to be the last “Survivor” remaining. There are a lot of group decisions being made but everyone when making those group decisions is focused on on their own hidden agenda. For example, when alliances are formed and they vote off an individual they act as it if was in the best interest for everyone in the group. While some did not actually stick to the plan of the group and voted for someone else, or thought why not vote them off they are not a threat to me and its keeping the attention away. So even though there are a lot of group decisions being made. There are a lot of independent decisions being made as well. Especially coming toward the end of the season. Till next time!

 

-Zack Starlin Kelem

Blog Post # 7

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Claire Campagna Comm 220-02

Chapter 9 Structured and Creative Problem Solving in Group

In episode 7 the two tribes merge into one. Having the two tribes merge, it changed the game completely. The main problem that occurred in this episode was when Julie decided to keep some trail mix to herself, and when the the rest of the survivors were getting hungry they found them. In Julies mind she an spontaneous decision. She knew she would need the trail mix, did not think much of it, and thought she could hide it and deal with consequences later. However this spontaneous decision did make more problems for Julie. When Julie was laying out in the sun, the rest of the group found the trail mix. They were all really upset and ate some of what she had left. The group ended up making a rational decision, they thought about what Julie did considered the issues and knew that it was not right. There were some hard feeling throughout the rest of the episode and Julie could feel it. In the end Julie makes the huge decision to leave the show. This for Julie was a intuitive decision, she just felt like it was the right thing to do, her head was not in the game and she couldn’t see herself last much longer. She was the one to leave this week in episode 7. Throughout this episode there were three decision making styles displayed.

Claire Campagna

 

Million Dollar Decision

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FINALLY THE MERGE HAS HAPPENED!

When the tribes receive tree mail, they realize that the merge is finally happening and some have mixed emotions about it.  Josh and Reid start brainstorming ideas for their alliances once the merge happens and who they know for sure should be voted off once they go to their tribal meeting. Everyone is “keeping their options open” for their alliances once the tribes come together. For the members whose loved ones were voted off, I feel like it is harder for them, because they do not have that natural alliance with their loved one, like some other members do. For example, Julie not wanting to be apart of tribe activities because she does not want to do it without her boyfriend Jon who was voted off a couple weeks ago, would have a harder time making alliances because she wants to set herself apart from the group. Jeremy is just happy to have Missy back because she has had his back since the very beginning, and having her, would bring Baylor to him too. Josh says that they will be okay and be able to vote Jeremy off, as long as they get the alliances before Jeremy, Missy, and Baylor do. They would have had to come up with these ideas by brainstorming with others or using the DOT technique in a way.

Josh wants all the couples to stay together and eventually vote off the singles. Baylor has a difficult time with alliances because she has a bond with Josh, but her mom Missy has a bond with Jeremy. They cannot all become one big alliance because Josh’s plan is to vote Jeremy off the first chance he gets.

Julie is lost not having Jon by her side while others still have their loved ones, and decided to quit!! Because of her quitting, there is no tribal council, and Josh does not get to vote Jeremy off.

We’ll see if he gets that chance next week!!

blog #7 chapter 9

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In this episode of survivor “Wrinkle in the Plan” The contestants are becoming more and more aware with who the alliances are and tension within the group is rising.  This episode contained a lot of important decisions making within the alliances since people had decide on whether they were going to side with the couples or with the singles.  Another thing that the contestants had to deal with was problem solving in the challenges.  for example, when the two teams had to figure out how to push the puzzle pieces across, they had to figure out how to get it across in the shortest amount of time. That is why I think  that Jeremy’s team won because I felt that they did the best at figuring out how the challenge worked.

I thought this episode also had the contestants doing majority votes since that had to pick within their alliances who they wanted to vote for elimination.  I think that the couple Kelly and Jon had the authority rule since everyone in the tribe felt that they could be the tie breaker in the next elimination. So therefore, it gave them this sense of power as shown during elimination.

It seemed to me that their was a question of value between Jon and Josh since Jon didn’t completely know who to side with and Josh didn’t know if it would be better to go after Jeremy or to just vote out Baylor. Over all I thought this episode contained a lot of drama within the group and certainly made tension a lot more tense. I hope the future episodes have more drama like this one again.

blog #7 Chapter 9

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In the episode “Wrinkle In the Plan” the contestants had to phase many challenges and decision making made them rethink about who would be more convenient for them to leave. The contestants in my opinion started realizing that the game would soon come to an end for someone. Problem solving started to show in the group when they divided into two groups to win a challenge which was a lot of food and drinks. In this challenge the groups worked together by pushing the puzzles across the other side. Both groups tried their hardest to win this challenge and I think that Jeremy’s group tried the hardest by problem solving and that is why they won.

The majority vote in the group came up when they had to vote out someone in the end. The group members felt that Jon had the authority rule because he had Kelly by her side and they were a couple that made decisions together and in the end Jon would say what they chose or came up with. I think that Jon and Kelly have the power based on what could happen in the next episode. A question of value was when the group didn’t know if it was worth it to vote out between Jon and Josh. This episode was very intense because I honestly thought that Baylor would be voted out but instead Josh was. I am looking forward to the next survivor episode.

Survivor Episode 7 Chapter 9

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This episode starts out as all do with a brief recap of the previous episode. It then goes straight into the show and how Missy and Bailor put Keiths name down on the vote sheet. Keith was upset and felt that the communication was lacked between the three of them. In chapter nine we have to be creative with the problems we face as a group and with this episode Keith has to get creative and figure out how to either get on Bailor and Missy’s good graces or if he wants to get a the other members to vote them out. Both will take convincing on Keith’s part. The show takes a twist early by saying that the teams were merging. It seems that there is a authority rule as a way that the group now works with. I think that John and his girlfriend are a definite power couple and who ever they vote will be the ones to will have the final say in who gets kick off the island. In the challenge that the contestants was very stressful on the tribe members. It was close pretty much the whole time but it came down to Keith and his son Wes. Keith ended up winning and has won immunity from the vote. Keith had to use decision making skills when it came down to just Keith and Wes. He could either drop his ball and loose so his son is safe from the vote or win immunity for himself. He ended up winning cause he stuck with the decision he made. He analyzed the situation then made a plan of action to carry it out then put that plan into action. If his plans all succeed then him and Wes should be safe from the vote.  Julie had stole some snack mix and the group went through her bag and found it. Julie was feeling bad and depressed without her man and she had deiced to quit and leave the islands. With Julie quitting the vote for this week is off and someone is saved from going home. Jeremy seems to be next on the chopping block unless he can prove his worth to the group.

Blog post # 7

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Episode 8: Wrinkle in the Plan

Chapter 3 lined up with this episode nicely, especially with dealing with manipulators. Baylor lines ups with the characteristics listed in the text especially in this last episode. She plays the victim constantly and it was one of the main reasons why she almost got voted off. By talking to her mom about how everyone treats her poorly, she uses it to gain her sympathy.  Another manipulator this episode was Josh because he makes Baylor feel like she owes him for helping her in the beginning of the show. They both are trying to manipulate and in turn they both were the two names who were written down.

 

Episode 7

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Chapter 10 is probably the best chapter to use to compare to Survivor because the entire series is conflict in groups. The main one this episode is the million-dollar decision is made by Julie. This was a conflict within herself, but her actions caused there to be a group conflict. Jeremy has to now use argumentation to get more players on his side because he is down one member that he knows of. Josh will need to get the players in his alliance to get stuck in a groupthink and not be able to think for themselves. Also critically to stay in the game you must have at least six people on your side, and both the main players Josh and Jeremy need to strengthen their alliances to make sure that they will get to the best vantage point to stay in the game the longest. Cooperative argumentation that we see the couples doing within each other but do not participate with the rest of the tribe as a whole. It is vital in this game to have other players see you as a smart and pragmatic person and with cooperative argumentation you can get the answers to your question as to if this person is someone who you want on your alliance.

Million $ Problem Solving In Groups

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On episode seven of survivor it’s clear that the tribes are making decisions about who they want to vote off the island. Jeremy seems to be the target in his tribe while Keith is concerned that his name was written down the last time his tribe voted.  The tribes are clearly displaying group decision making. Interesting enough they are challenged with problem solving at the same time. They must consider who they vote off the island because it may present problems in the future but they must also decide who to align themselves with to decide who will be voted off next. The problem solving realities are clear the politics of the tribes play a crucial role on who will be voted off. There is preexisting preferences from the tribes being mixed and matched. Also, the strong powerful players continue to try and control the Game. Josh and Jeremy are working hard at trying to move things around to their best interest. The tribe members identify the problem; they must vote someone off the island. They then began to create a collaborative setting aligning themselves with one another. They must analyze the issues regarding the decision they seek, who will be on board and who will or and why. Then they star to decide how they will persuade others.  At the end a decision has to be made. And then they sit around and wonder if they made the right choice or not. In the end after all that planning and wining immunity and brainstorming it all did not have much affect on the tribal meeting, with Julie quitting no one was voted off the cayopa tribe. I do think though that it set the stage for what will happen next. Josh and Jeremy are eager to get one another voted off and were a bit upset that that didn’t happen due to Julie leaving.

Decisions…decisions (Chapter 9)

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Finally what we have all been waiting for, the Merge of the new Huyopa tribe! This episode of Survivor begins with the tribes arriving back after tribal council, and Keith is noticeably upset that Missy and Baylor betrayed by placing a vote for him. We then watch Julie fracture her alliances as well when she hoards some of the trail mix from their feast. John searches through her purse while she is away and exposes and shares what he finds with the group. At that moment Julie was being questioned for credibility by every tribe member. A very strong alliance throughout the episodes has been Baylor and Josh, but since the merge; she is choosing loyalty to her mother leaving Josh very bitter. It is immediately obvious that this merge has disrupted the loyalty of everyones alliances.
In chapter 9 Structured and Creative Problem Solving in Groups we cover decision making which is displayed individually and as a team in Survivor. I found it interesting that “groups often make better decisions than individuals working alone”(195) but Jaclyn and John came to mind. I did not think this statement could be completely true because groups can go very good or very bad, but it all depends on the strength of what everything revolves around in Survivor…alliances. Jaclyn and John are a couple, which makes the alliances in this type of game much more trustworthy than anyone else. They also happen to be a couple that everyone goes to to be aliened with, therefore they are once again in a tough place. Missy and Baylor have a very strong accord as well, but Baylor shows signs of using the dependent decision making style. The book states that this style is characterized by someone that “seeks the advice and opinions of others before making a decision.”(200) Throughout the episode she is filling her mom in on conversations with other members and her options, seeking advice and approval from her. I can’t wait to find out who will trust who once more loved ones are not there for unconditional support.