Study Guide - Group Procedures

Individuals quitting a group early or a group ending due the actions of a leader are both examples of __________________. 1. Storming 2. Recycling 3. Premature Termination 4. Ending Rounds

Premature Termination

According to the ASGW best practices, the _____________ should include information on confidentiality, theoretical orientation, information on the nature, purpose(s) and goals of the group, the group services that can be provided, the role and responsibility of group members and leaders. Group Workers qualifications to conduct the specific group(s), specific licenses, certifications, and professional affiliations. 1. Program Evaluation 2. Assessment 3. Professional Disclosure Statement 4. Group Competencies

Professional Disclosure Statement

Safeguarding members from unnecessary psychological risks in the group. 1. Modeling 2. Blocking 3. Facilitating 4. Protecting 5. Initiating 6. Confronting

Protecting

Participants come to know themselves in a deeper level, reflect, process, and evaluate what was learned. 1. Forming 2. Storming 3. Norming 4. Performing 5. Termination

Termination

When a leader suspects that a group member is breaking down confidentiality, she or he should ________________. 1. Ignore the problem 2. Call the member at home 3. Discuss the matter with one whose confidence was broken 4. Address the breach during group time

Address the breach during group time

To prevent premature closing, the group leader should make sure that... 1. The group starts and ends on time 2. Treat group members in a professional manner 3. Send reminders to group members if there are long interval between sessions 4. All of the above

All of the above

The promotion of self-determination of the power to choose one's own direction in life is often referred to as ___________________________. 1. Beneficence 2. Autonomy 3. Fidelity 4. Loyalty

Autonomy

The promotion of self-determination. 1. Autonomy 2. Beneficence 3. Nonmaleficence 4. Justice 5. Fidelity

Autonomy

Promoting the good of others. 1. Autonomy 2. Beneficence 3. Nonmaleficence 4. Justice 5. Fidelity

Beneficence

Contains information originally unknown to oneself but known to others. 1. Open Quadrant 2. Hidden Quadrant 3. Blind Quadrant 4. Unknown Quadrant

Blind Quadrant

The _____________ of the Johari window is originally unknown to oneself but known to others when the group begins. 1. Unknown quadrant 2. Blind quadrant 3. Open quadrant 4. Hidden quadrant

Blind quadrant

Intervening to stop counterproductive behavior in the group. 1. Modeling 2. Blocking 3. Facilitating 4. Protecting 5. Initiating 6. Confronting

Blocking

Baca and Koss-Chioino (1997) recommend that group counselors working with groups of Hispanics/Latinos should be validating, supportive, and ___________________. 1. Cautious 2. Active 3. Passive 4. Aggressive

Active

In groups of all types, approximately _____________ of the total group time will be spent in the working stage. 1. 20-80% 2. 40-60% 3. 30-70% 4. 50%

40-60%

An important triad of sources for ethical information for group work specialists includes the Association for Specialists in Group Work's Professional Standards for the Training of Group Workers (2000), the Principles for Diversity Competent Group Workers (1999), and the ________. 1. APA Code of Ethics 2. ACA Code of Ethics 3. NASPA Code of Ethics 4. Aspirational Ethics

ACA Code of Ethics

Group leaders who make the best and wisest ethical and legal decisions are those who are informed by ______________. 1. Their professional associates 2. Their conscience 3. As many sources as possible 4. Strict adherence to an ethic

As many sources as possible

_____________________ group leaders are often charismatic and manipulative. 1. Exclusive 2. Authoritarian 3. Laissez-faire 4. Democratic

Authoritarian

Physical and psychological parameters under which a group operates are known as ____________________. 1. Boundaries 2. Distance 3. Transference 4. Goals

Boundaries

"Summarizing" is a skill that group members use to reflect and recall significant events or experiences in the group at its end. This process is often called: 1. Capping 2. Ending 3. Renunciation 4. Appraisal

Capping

When engaging in _____________ the group leader shows a genuine concern for others through their openness and honesty. 1. Caring 2. Reflecting Feeling 3. Active Listening 4. Supporting

Caring

A _________________ is a professional or a professional-in-training who undertakes the responsibility of a group with another leader in a mutually determined manner. 1. Facilitator 2. Mediator 3. Co-leader 4. Communicator

Co-Leader

A unique challenge encountered working with Asian Americans in groups Is that group work values such as openness, expression of feelings, and directness often ______________ their cultural values. 1. Dismiss 2. Devalue 3. Conflict with 4. Agree with

Conflict with

According to Nolan, accomplishing the goal of "honest self-investigation; to promote full use or potentials; to bring about awareness of self-contradictions", a group leader would employ ____________________. 1. Clarifying 2. Confronting 3. Interpreting 4. Suggesting

Confronting

Challenging participants to look at discrepancies pointing to conflicting information or messages. 1. Modeling 2. Blocking 3. Facilitating 4. Protecting 5. Initiating 6. Confronting

Confronting

Lisa tearfully "confesses" to her counseling group members that she is sure once they know "her secrets" they will abandon her, probably hate her, and all the comfort that she now feels from them will be lost! The warmth and support of her group members permits this risky disclosure and affords Lisa the opportunity to examine her feelings, take risks, and face avoided interpersonal behavior. This illustrates __________________. 1. Corrective emotional experience 2. Confrontation. 3. Feedback. 4. Cognitive Restructuring

Corrective emotional experience

Anne Marie has led a particular counseling group for 9 sessions. One member, Gretchen, repeatedly triggers many unexplained feelings for Anne Marie. This leader-member phenomenon is called _________________. 1. Transference 2. Denial 3. Countertransference 4. Repression

Countertransference

___________________________ is usually thought of as the leader's emotional responses to members that are a result of the leader's own needs or unresolved issues. 1. Unfinished business 2. Countertransference 3. Transference 4. Sublimation

Countertransference`

Which of the following is NOT considered uniquely significant with regard to issues encountered by members of the gay, lesbian, and bisexual communities? 1. Career 2. Life Development 3. Homophobia 4. Depression

Depression

Feelings of loss, sadness, and separation mixed with those of hope, joy, and accomplishment during the termination process. 1. Emotional Stimulation 2. Closure 3. Emotional Ambivalence 4. Unfinished Business

Emotional Ambivalence

If group members can identify socially with others and have successfully worked through their struggles together, the result is usually growth in __________________. 1. Risk-taking 2. Leader Dependence 3. Emotional Closeness 4. Altruism

Emotional Closeness

Under the ASGW best practices, ___________________ is explained as group workers employing an appropriate ethical decision making model in responding to ethical challenges and issues and in determination courses of action and behavior for self and group members. 1. Group planning 2. Collaboration 3. Processing 4. Ethical Surveillance

Ethical Surveillance

Opening clear and direct communication within the group and members assume increasing responsibility for the group's direction. 1. Modeling 2. Blocking 3. Facilitating 4. Protecting 5. Initiating 6. Confronting

Facilitating

The ____________________ is the most significant element in many Arab American subcultures. 1. Social Network 2. Family 3. Career 4. Gender

Family

___________________________ is sharing relevant information with other people such as how they are perceived, so they can decide whether to change or not. 1. Self-Disclosure 2. Modeling 3. Feedback 4. Team Building

Feedback

Refers to loyalty and duty. 1. Autonomy 2. Beneficence 3. Nonmaleficence 4. Justice 5. Fidelity

Fidelity

Initial caution, attempt to avoid being rejected. 1. Forming 2. Storming 3. Norming 4. Performing 5. Termination

Forming

Taking action to bring about group participation and to introduce new directions in the group. 1. Modeling 2. Blocking 3. Facilitating 4. Protecting 5. Initiating 6. Confronting

Initiating

____________________ involves cooperating with others unconsciously or consciously to strengthen existing attitudes, values, behaviors, or norms. 1. Group Collusion 2. Modeling 3. Cultural Encapsulation 4. Group Observing Group

Group Collusion

The tragedies of Jonestown, the Branch Davidians, and the Bay of Pigs invasion are all examples of _______________. 1. Groupthink 2. Incorporation 2. Cultural Encapsulation 4. Teamwork

Groupthink

Contains undisclosed information known only to oneself. 1. Open Quadrant 2. Hidden Quadrant 3. Blind Quadrant 4. Unknown Quadrant

Hidden Quadrant

In the working stage, __________________ may help group members to carry behaviors they practice within the group to situations outside the group. 1. Rounds 2. Homework 3. Role Play 4. Teamwork

Homework

Leaders when working with conflict brought about by "power" difficulties within a group must differentiate between position power and personal power. Position power conflict is often seen between _____________ individuals. 1. Immature 2. Narcissistic 3. Passive-aggressive 4. Mature

Immature

During the working stage, through ______________ group members come to realize the value of the group in their lives and become prepared to move on to the termination stage. 1. Incorporation 2. Ice-breaking exercises 3. Homework 4. Collusion

Incorporation

When a group leader is promoting interaction between group members without drawing attention to him/herself, this role is being employed. 1. Modeler of good behavior 2. Traffic Director 3. Communication Facilitator 4. Interactional Catalyst

Interactional Catalyst

The ______________ is a good representation of what happens in the arena of self-disclosure when a group is in the working stage. 1. SYMLOG 2. Nominal Group Technique 3. Johari Awareness Model 4. ABC Model

Johari Awareness Model

Refers to the equal treatment of all people. 1. Autonomy 2. Beneficence 3. Nonmaleficence 4. Justice 5. Fidelity

Justice

"Executive function" is one of the core mechanisms of group leadership. Which of the following statements best characterizes this role? 1. Provide cognitive explanation for what is occurring in the group. 2. Manage the group as a social system 3. Showing genuine concern for group members 4. Help members express feelings as well as thoughts

Manage the group as a social system.

Reframing, conceptualizing potentially destructive act in a positive way. 1. Manipulators 2. Resisters 3. Monopolizers 4. Users of Sarcasm 5 Silent Members

Manipulators

Young found that all of the following help prevent premature closure in groups except ________________. 1. Members should commit to attend a number of sessions 2. Groups should start and end on time 3. Members should be carefully screened. 4. Members should be treated in a personal and professional way

Members should be carefully screened

Demonstrating Desired behavior through actions. 1. Modeling 2. Blocking 3. Facilitating 4. Protecting 5. Initiating 6. Confronting

Modeling

Address the non productive talk and use the cutting off technique. 1. Manipulators 2. Resisters 3. Monopolizers 4. Users of Sarcasm 5 Silent Members

Monopolizers

The concept "Group work theory is appropriate for all clients" is a(n) ___________________. 1. Empirical Truth 2. Professional Tenet 3. Myth 4. Lie

Myth

Avoiding doing harm. 1. Autonomy 2. Beneficence 3. Nonmaleficence 4. Justice 5. Fidelity

Nonmaleficence

One of the dominant values of professional ethics is ______________, which essentially means "avoiding doing harm." 1. Autonomy 2. Beneficence 3. Nonmaleficence 4. Veracity

Nonmaleficence

A feeling of we-ness, a sense of belonging. 1. Forming 2. Storming 3. Norming 4. Performing 5. Termination

Norming

If an ethics complaint is filed against you as a group leader, you should _________________. 1. Immediately contact the individual who filed the complaint. 2. Notify your insurance company and hire a lawyer. 3. File a countersuit 4. Hope that the matter will resolve itself.

Notify your insurance company and hire a lawyer

Contains information generally known to self and others. 1. Open Quadrant 2. Hidden Quadrant 3. Blind Quadrant 4. Unknown Quadrant

Open Quadrant

_____________________________ is defined by the ASGW as the systemic, limited access to resources for an individual, group, or community due to multi-systems prejudice and discrimination. 1. Oppression 2. Privilege 3. Social Justice 4. Taking Action

Oppression

The subject of closure should first be addressed during which stage of a group? 1. Norming 2. Storming 3. Orientation 4. Working

Orientation

Focus on the achievement of goals. 1. Forming 2. Storming 3. Norming 4. Performing 5. Termination

Performing

_____________________ allows the group member to examine the incident with the help of consensual validation from the rest of the group. 1. Humor 2. Reality testing 3. Role Play 4. Reflection

Reality Testing

Build trust in the group by inviting them to participate but not insisting that they do. 1. Manipulators 2. Resisters 3. Monopolizers 4. Users of Sarcasm 5 Silent Members

Resisters

Equal member air-time may be increased through the use of __________________. 1. Role Playing 2. Rounds 3. Homework 4. Groupthink

Rounds

Revealing information about oneself to the group is known as __________________. 1. Self-Disclosure 2. Secret Telling 3. Tell-all 4. Awareness

Self-Disclosure

Which one is not a core mechanism of group leadership? 1. Emotional Stimulation 2. Caring 3. Self-Disclosure 4. Meaning Attribution

Self-Disclosure

Give the person the opportunity to respond to a question and observe the reactions to assess the reasons behind the behavior. 1. Manipulators 2. Resisters 3. Monopolizers 4. Users of Sarcasm 5 Silent Members

Silent Members

___________________ is defined by the ASGW as the awareness of how social locations of social privilege and oppression influence group work process and dynamics, and identifying ways to take action to related issues. 1. Social Justice 2. Oppression 3. Multicultural 4. Social Privilege

Social Justice

Time of conflict and anxiety. 1. Forming 2. Storming 3. Norming 4. Performing 5. Termination

Storming

Johnson (2000) believes that by working collaboratively with persons who differ from themselves in group work, all of the following benefits are probable EXCEPT that members ________________________. 1. Grow in cognitive and moral reasoning 2. Learn to view matters from a new perspective 3. Become more creative in their problem solving 4. Strive for racial equality

Strive for racial equality

During the _______________________ step of closing the group, group leaders and group members review all the material that has been uncovered and processed through the group sessions. 1. Orientation 2. Summarization 3. Discussion of goals 4. Follow up

Summarization

Understanding a group leader's personal qualities, those characteristics of personality that influence the group, is advocated by which of the following approaches to group leadership? 1. Trait approach 2. Intrapersonal approach 3. Interpersonal approach 4. None of the above

Trait Approach

A ______________ leader attempts to empower group members and shares power with them in working toward making critical decisions. 1. Transpersonal 2. Traditional 3. Transformational 4. Transactional

Transformational

Contains material hidden from self and others. 1. Open Quadrant 2. Hidden Quadrant 3. Blind Quadrant 4. Unknown Quadrant

Unknown Quadrant

The Association for Specialists in Group Work, Best Practice Guidelines suggests that a group leader contact a group member that drops out with each of the following goals except ___________________. 1. Discuss reasons for the premature termination with other members 2. Say goodbye to the remaining members of the group 3. Use pressure to have the member return and stay in the group 4. Discuss the benefits and liabilities of staying in the group.

Use pressure to have the member return and stay in the group.

Help member work on expressing anger directly. 1. Manipulators 2. Resisters 3. Monopolizers 4. Users of Sarcasm 5 Silent Members

Users of Sarcasm