Form groups of three or four people, and appoint one member as the spokesperson who will communicate your conclusions to the rest of the class.
1. Take a few minutes to think about a situation in which your opinion differed from the general consensus of the group you were with.
2. Write down a brief description of the situation, how you felt, whether or not you expressed your opinion, and whether or not you or anyone in the group changed their opinions.
3. Take turns describing these situations and the information you wrote down for Step 2.
4. As a group, try to come up with explanations for why sometimes people who disagree with a majority fail to express their opinions and/or end up changing them.