Unfortunately, power also has negative applications. Seminal research by Benne and Sheats (1948), recently reexamined by Kolb (2011a), identified dysfunctional individual group member behaviors, including misuse of power, and the negative effects of such behaviors on group process and effectiveness. The terms primary and secondary provokers (Keyton, 1999; Stohl and Schell, 1991) have been used to distinguish between group members who instigate negative behavior and those whose acceptance helps the primary provoker maintain the dysfunction. The primary provoker also raises power issues in that this person views his knowledge or her opinion as superior to that of other group members. In the context used here, an individual who has an inflated idea of his or her individual power or importance might believe that any disagreement he/she has with another person should be valued and discussed by the group. Issues related to personal power and the negative effect of this and other dysfunctional individual behaviors on group dynamics highlight the need for facilitators to monitor carefully the ways in which individual disputes are played out early in a group’s functioning. Patterns tend to perpetuate themselves (Folger and Poole, 1984).