week 3: Discussion Question #1

1). Are there group norms at SJSU? What are they? In the group of individuals that you spend time with, are there group norms? What are they? In both cases, how did you identify these norms? How did you adapt to these norms?

This being my second semester at SJSU I feel that I have adapted to some of the norms. The classroom environment was different than I am used to. I feel that classmates for groups to help each other throughout the semester. The norms for these groups that are formed in class are the closeness and support of each other. I feel all of us are there to succeed and help each other out. There is written rules to what we expect of each other and what we expect of our group as a whole. We write out what we want to complete and how we will complete these tasks. As a group we all cooperate to get the job done. I feel that there hasn’t been an experience I have encountered where we all didn’t get along or we didn’t get along. I had made many news friends from these experiences. I didn’t realize what these norms were until I noticed many of the groups working in the same way. Also after reading the chapter on norms I found myself thinking and telling myself “Oh yes, I recall this happening to my group and myself”. I have become adapted to these norms because in order to work well together in a group you have to have good communication and be willing to all put your part in. You all have to have the idea of success in mind.