Behavior of the group

So last week I talked about the roles that have developed as the days roll by. This week I want to discuss how nonverbal concepts can be just as important as those verbally said. Chapter six discusses challenges groups can run into, some of the non verbal environments and differences there seem to be among all types of groups.

This weeks episode was different than any Survivor that I’ve heard of; Julie just up an quit the whole thing. After she hid a bunch of trail mix in her purse and didn’t tell anyone, Julie wasn’t trusted by any of the other members. In past episodes, I don’t even think I saw Julie ever compete in any of the team challenges. Unfortunately, the first thing I wanted to talk about was language challenges between group members. Julie not telling anyone  she had trail mix was a mistake however I feel like it goes back to another issue I’ll discuss soon. But first a concept called bypassing which is a form of miscommunication that happens when someone misses what the other person was trying to convey. I feel like this occurred when Julie took the trail mix. She should have shared but she should have shared with her alliance members; However I don’t think that Julie was in a place to explain that she took the time to gather the food and save it to last over several days, this group has already seen problems with conservation. I could see why she wouldn’t want just a piece of a little handful. But as a result her teammates started to use offensive, excluding and discouraging types of language. They all completely disregarded the fact that Julie was within hearing distance and talked about her and put her down. It was unnecessary and unproductive.

The other thing  wanted to discuss was how there was more of a defensive environment in place on Survivor. Jeremy is making most of the decisions and if you go against the flow, AKA Josh, he wants you out. I feel that  a supportive environment would have allowed Julie to express her concerns without people just thinking like they did, that she was a selfish person etc. They attacked her personal character over trail mix, jesus eat a snickers!