Method and apparatus for minority view reduction
First Claim
1. Apparatus for promoting consensus and teaching comprising:
- a group attitude indicator means includingmeans for registering the collective user positive responses,means for registering the collective user negative responses,means connected to said positive response registering means for indicating positive responses,means connected to said negative response registering means for indicating negative responses,means for inhibiting operation of said positive response indicating means and said negative response indicating means, andmeans connected to said operation inhibiting means for indicating the system use is being inhibited,a plurality of user control assemblies, each control assembly havingmeans for producing a signal representing a positive response,means for producing a signal representing a negative response, andmeans for producing a signal representing a system inhibiting response,means connecting each of said user control assemblies to said group attitude indicator means whereby said positive response signal means is connected to said positive response registering means, said negative response signal means is connected to said negative response registering means, and said inhibiting response signal means is connected to said operation inhibiting means, andmeans for overriding said operation inhibiting means.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for minority view reduction including a plurality of user controlled assemblies each with means for producing a positive response, a negative responses and a system inhibit response, a group attitude indicator means for registering the collective user positive responses, negative responses and for inhibiting further registration of either positive and negative responses with any system disable response. Communication is provided between the group attitude indicator and each of the user control assemblies for indicating to the group the registered collective responses and inhibiting the registering means upon determination of any system inhibit response from any member of the group. The user control assemblies may be hand-held button panels or microswitch means positioned at the maxillary jaw muscles. The indicator means can be a column of lights or a pair of lights each of whose brilliance is controlled in accordance with the responses. The indicator can be means for producing sound. The system provides a teaching method and apparatus for active promotion of consensus by noting and reducing the size of any anonymously expressed minority. This is accomplished by modeling the resulting response from a group of persons as though it were the response from a single person.
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11 Claims
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1. Apparatus for promoting consensus and teaching comprising:
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a group attitude indicator means including means for registering the collective user positive responses, means for registering the collective user negative responses, means connected to said positive response registering means for indicating positive responses, means connected to said negative response registering means for indicating negative responses, means for inhibiting operation of said positive response indicating means and said negative response indicating means, and means connected to said operation inhibiting means for indicating the system use is being inhibited, a plurality of user control assemblies, each control assembly having means for producing a signal representing a positive response, means for producing a signal representing a negative response, and means for producing a signal representing a system inhibiting response, means connecting each of said user control assemblies to said group attitude indicator means whereby said positive response signal means is connected to said positive response registering means, said negative response signal means is connected to said negative response registering means, and said inhibiting response signal means is connected to said operation inhibiting means, and means for overriding said operation inhibiting means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. Apparatus for promoting consensus and teaching comprising:
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a group attitude indicator means including means for registering the collective user positive responses, means for registering the collective user negative responses, means connected to said positive response registering means for indicating positive responses, means connected to said negative response registering means for indicating negative responses, means for inhibiting operation of said positive response indicating means and said negative response indicating means, and means connected to said operation inhibiting means for indicating the system use is being inhibited, a plurality of user control assemblies, each control assembly having means for producing a signal representing a positive response, means for producing a signal representing a negative response, and means for producing a signal representing a system inhibiting response, means connecting each of said user control assemblies to said group attitude indicator means whereby said positive response signal means is connected to said positive response registering means, said negative response signal means is connected to said negative response registering means, and said inhibiting response signal means is connected to said operation inhibiting means, a subgroup attitude indicator means for registering and indicating the collective user positive responses and for registering the collective user negative responses of a certain subgroup, and means providing communication between said subgroup attitude indicator means and a portion of the user control assemblies making up said certain subgroup.
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