clearly establishes group goals and values. Conflict theorists would be more willing to see that group solidarity is to be valued in this setting over individual rights and comforts. Interactionist theorists would observe that Chavez chose to play while injured on his own volition although almost unduly influenced by peer pressure and a desire not to disappoint the powerful coaches.
Second, "learning" occurs when the feedback of new external data triggers the "need for changing their operational channels" (Pankin, 1982, p. 110). Change is seen occurring within the organization of the system. When the Permian coaches were exasperated by their players' intoxication during the championship season, they chose to post a letter which called them "losers" and a group who had "contributed nothing" to the glorious Panthers tradition (Bissinger, 1990, pp. 268-9). Desire to win allowed them to err on the side of harshness or even cruelty in the hopes of riling their squad, hoping that they would respond by playing an even more aggressive game and emerge victorio
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