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UNCLASSIFIEDSOC REPORT BIBLIOGRAPHY SEARCH CONTROL NO, /lMML7AD-66! 383 153 / 111SIMULMATICS CORP CAMBRIDGE MASSCOMMUNITY INTERACTION GAME. tU)DESCRIPTIVE NOTE: FINAL REPT. 19 MAY-27 DEC 67,DEC 67 72P YATEStULES DAVIDCONTRACT: DAHC20-6 7 0 3-C-O1UNCLASSIFIED REPORTDLSCRIPTOS; (.CIVIL DEFENSE SYSTEMS, GAMETHEORY)f (*GROUP DYNAMICS, INTERACTIONS),SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, SIMULATION, BtHAVIORsATTITUDES, DISASTERS. TRAINING, PUBLIC OPINION,DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONS,STRESS(PSYCHOLOGY)s SOCIAL COMMUNICATION (U)THE REPORT DESCRIBES THE RESULTS OF A STUDY WHICH1S PART OF THE OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSEtSRESEARCH INTO THE PROCESS OF ADOPTION'DIFFUSION INFUTURE STRATEGY ENVIRONMENTS# THE SIMULMATICSTEAM *AS DIRECTED BY THE STATEMENT OF AORK TO:IDEvELOP A HUMAN SIMULATION EXPERIMENT IN THE FORMOF A GAME TO BE USED AS A DEVICE FOR GAINING NEWINSIGHTS ABOUT HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN CRISIS PERIODS ANDAS A TRAINING AID. THE GAME PROCEDURE hILL ATTEMPTTO FURTHER SYNTHESIZE RESEARCH FINDINGS ABOUT THEFUNCTION OF COMMUNITY POWER STRUCTURE IN IMPLEMENTINGCIVIL DEFENSE PROGRAMS AND THE LIKELY EFFECTS OFHEIGHTENED INTERNATIONAL CRISIS ON THE EXPECTATIONStATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR OF PEOPLE.' A METHODOLOGYWAS EXPLORED FIR SIMULATING BEHAVIOR WITHIN AFRAMEWORK DESCRIBING THE FUNCTIONING OF A CnMMUNITYPOAER STRUCTURE. THE TECHNIQUE EMPLOYED WAS THATOF A GAME, *HICH WOULD CAUSE PARTICIPANTS To BEINVOLVED IN INTERACTIONS RESULTING FROM THEIR OWNACTIONS AND DECISIONS* PART I OF THIS REPORT ISA DISCUSSION OF THE INITIAL CONCEPTS AND BASES FORTHE GAME. PART 1I AND III DISCUSS THE FIRSTBASIC SIMPLIFICATION AND THE CHANGE OF STRESS OF THEGAME. PART IV IS THE FINAL VERSION OF THE GAME.(AUTHOR)(U)108UNCLASSIFIED/ZMML7