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Learning Objective
By the end of this activity , participants will be able to articulate the concept that “ information alone does not change behaviour ”.
Expected time of activity : 15 minutes
Beforehand
Have the group sit in a circle .
Activity
Have all participants stand in front of their chairs . Introduce the exercise by saying : “ To start this exercise , you all need to stand in front of your chairs . I ’ m going to read some statements . If your answer to one of them is ‘ no ’, you have to sit in your chair . As long as you reply ‘ yes ’ to the statements , you remain standing . Once you have sat down , you remain seated , even if your answer to subsequent statements is ‘ yes ’. For example , if the first statement is ‘ I get regular medical check-ups ’ and you do not have regular medical check-ups , you have to sit down and remain seated .”
Explain two additional rules : “ Sometimes someone has to sit down right away , after the first or second statement . If the order of statements had been different , they might have still been standing . They ask if they can stand up again . But participants may not stand up once they have had to sit down . This might not seem fair , but that is how this exercise works . Also , sometimes someone says , for example ,‘ Oh , sure , I get regular medical check-ups . Let ’ s see , I think my last one was in 1992 !’. We have to decide together how frequent regular is in this exercise , but it must be reasonable : regular is not once every ten years !”