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An important factor of student achievement is the concept of interpersonal competence, such as decision making and working in a team setting where most or all individuals are benefited, that helps in their success levels. Cooperative learning has helped emphasize the importance of interpersonal skills is incorporating techniques established in team-building and peer work assignments to give students the practice that they need to develop these skills. Student traits are heavily influenced by their actions and exposure to the learning environment. Morton Deutch was able to investigate interactions among individuals in cooperative groups and competitive groups to see how performance levels were affected in a group goal mindset. His hypothesis indicated a sense of group oriented thinking as opposed to that of the competitive group to be individual mindsets being favorited. Results showing Deutch’s hypothesis to be correct, that cooperative groups were goal-oriented and purposeful in their attempt to accomplish their desired goal. Cooperative groups need to be organized in educational settings to be diverse and with varying characteristics to give students the chance to rationalize and have the exposure of different individuals. Students should learn to maximize what they are learning as well as their teammates or group members learning, to help them form a collective consciousness amongst the group. The underdevelopment of these skills can poorly affect social skills of the students in setting outside of curricula, thus building trust, communication and conflict management will help students meet social development goals at adequate times in their lifespan.