Doing Nothing

Prepared By Manu Melwin JoyResearch Scholar

School of Management StudiesCUSAT, Kerala, India.Phone – 9744551114

Mail – manu_melwinjoy@yahoo.com

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Passive behaviors• When I discount, I do so by making

statement to myself in my own

head.

• Thus a discount itself is not

observable.

• Since you can’t thought read, you

have no way of knowing I am

discounting unless I speak or act in

some way which indicates the

presence of the discount.

Passive behaviors• There are four types of behavior

which always indicate that the

person concerned is

discounting. They are

• Doing nothing.

• Over adaptation.

• Agitation.

• Incapacitation or violence.

Doing nothing• The members of a TA group are

sitting in a circle.• The group leader says : “ Let’s

go round the group and each person say what he or she appreciates or resents about today’s session. If you don’t want to take part, it’s OK to say “Pass”.

• The exercise begins. People round the group each give an appreciation or resentment. One or two say “Pass”.

Doing nothing• Then came Norman’s turn. There is a silence. People

waited for Norman to say something but he doesn’t.• He sits unmoving and silent, staring into space. Since he

doesn’t seem to want to speak any appreciation or resentment, the person next to him waits for him to say “Pass”.

• But Norman doesn’t do that either. He continues to sit as if dumb.

Doing nothing• Norman is showing the passive

behavior called doing nothing.• Instead of using energy to take

problem solving action, he is using into to stop himself from acting.

• A person exhibiting this passive behavior feels uncomfortable and experiences himself as not thinking.

• He is discounting his own ability to do anything about the situation.

Thank You

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