Short note on sensitivity training.

Short note on sensitivity training.
Answer:

Sensitivity training is also known as T-group, T standing for training.

Sensitivity training is a small-group interaction process in the unstructured form which requires people to become sensitive to others feelings in order to develop reasonable group activity. The objective is to make participants increasingly aware of, and sensitive to, the emotional reactions and expressions in themselves and others.

1. To increase the ability of participants to perceive, and to learn from, the consequences of their actions through attention to their own and others feelings.
2. To stimulate the clarification and development of personal values and goals consonant with a democratic and scientific approach to problems of personal and social decisions and actions.
3. To develop achievement of behavioural effectiveness in participants.
4. To develop concepts and theoretical framework for linking personal values and goals to actions consistent with these inner factors and situational requirements.

Process of Sensitivity Training

• Sensitivity training focuses on small group (T-group) with number of members ranging from ten to twelve. 
• T-groups are designed to provide members with experiential learning about group dynamics, leadership and interpersonal relationships. 
• The basic T-group training or sensitivity training is to change the standards, attitudes and behaviour of individuals by using psychological techniques and programs. 
•  Based on the sources from where these members are drawn, there may be three types of T-group: stranger-lab, cousin-lab, and family-lab.

o   In the stranger-lab, all participants are from different organizations and they are strangers to each other.

o   In cousin-lab, all participants are from the same organization but from different units.

o   In family-lab, all participants are from the same organization and from same unit.