Flint, Family or Foe

The beginning of the episode starts us learning the players in this survivor season, who they are and their motivation for being on survivor. It was great to watch them have their first task being that they had to use a flint to make fire with their loved one. Some of the groups could not even start a fire, so it will be great to see how they will survive the rest of the season after being separated from their family members. With their loved one they went all of the group development stages on the island when they got there and the first thing they had to do was make fire.

Once the groups were divided into the blue and orange groups, the Tuckman group development stages began to take place. The forming stage was the most prevalent in this episode because they had been just divided and the first challenge had just taken place. the forming stage was great in the hunahphu tribe when Jeremy won the challenge for them. They all bonded with their group goal of being one step closer to winning and he was able to winner them food which is a plus. Some of the personal goals were taking place in this episode because some of the people wanted to prove to themselves and their tribes that they belonged and could help.

During the second challenge for immunity that involved the whole tribes they both showed achievement norms. On the blue team John stood out by helping people with his body on tribal challenge and did everything he could. Achievement norms means that members will put all their time, energy etc for the best interest of the group. With him doing that them that allowed the blue team to be energized and win the challenge. No one in the tribe argued with the way the puzzle was being solved and just went with it. We will see if they continue to remain on top.