Goal
To demonstrate how our perceptions of a person affect how we interact with them.
Objectives
Participants will pass around the group from person to person items that are very different form each other such as a golf ball and an egg.
Where to Use in the Training
In the Who Is She? section of the training.
Group Size
Any size. Good for large groups as everyone can participate without giving up too much training time to the exercise.
Time Required
Approximately 15 minutes including the disciplined reflection if you keep the exercise moving quickly and the trainees focused on the task and the disciplined reflection questions.
Physical Setting
Trainees will stand in a circle in an open area without anything in their hands.
Materials
1. A golf ball
2. An egg
Process
1. Trainer asks all trainees to stand in a circle away from tables, chairs, etc.
2. Trainer throws out a golf ball and asks trainees to throw the ball about to each other.
3. After about 3 to 4 minutes the Trainer takes the gold ball and hands a trainee an egg asking them to throw the egg about to one another as well.
4. Allow trainees to throw the egg around to each other for 3 to 4 minutes or until the egg gets broken, whichever is first.
Disciplined Reflection Questions
Sharing Questions:
1. What were you aware of as we did this exercise?
2. What was most significant about this exercise for you?
Interpreting Questions:
1. How did your behaviors change when the items changed?
2. Identify some of the various behaviors you noticed during the exercise.
Generalizing Questions:
1. How do our perceptions affect our actions?
2. What is the significance of the difference between the golf ball and the egg?
Application Questions:
1. What does this have to do with the women we will see at the Center?
2. What can we take with us into the counseling room from this exercise?
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