COUN-6250-21-Group Process and Dynamics-2021-Summer 96% WEEK 10

Which of the following is a clear sign that trust is being built within the group? Selected Answer: d. Members speak openly of their agendas A healing capacity develops within the group as members increasingly experience of who they are. Selected Answer: d. acceptan ce underlies much of members’ behavior in the transitional phase. Selected Answer: b. Anxiety and defensiveness While group members are sharing extremely personal information, leaders can remind members about as a way of reassuring the member who is disclosing. Selected Answer: d. confidentiali ty A characteristic of many members in beginning groups is the tendency to: Selected Answer: d. talk about others and to focus on people and situations outside of the group. For a group to reach the deepest and most effective levels of the Working Stage, it is essential that members to work through areas of interference that hinder achievement. Selected Answer: c. commi t occurs when group members or leaders share their observations and personalreactions regarding the behavior of another. Selected Answer: c. Feedba ck A competent therapist remains in the counseling process while maintaining openness about . Selected Answer: d. invested/outco mes Because the practice of group counseling is growing rapidly, it is essential that group leaders be: Selected Answer: c. both competent and ethical. Some participants may engage in , believing they are really working, when in fact they are avoiding addressing and dealing with their own feelings. Selected Answer: c. storytelli ng Jabir is a Muslim counselee. His counselor is unaware of many aspects of Muslim life, beliefs, etc. Teaching his counselor about these aspects of his life is, according to experts, likely to make him feel: Selected Answer: c. Frustrate d are characterized by changing membership. As certain members leave, new members are admitted, and the group continues. Selected Answer: c. Open groups provide a valuable opportunity to reinforce and extend the benefits of the work done during therapy sessions. Selected Answer: c. Homework assignments A counselor meets with a client who is wearing the traditional garb associated with a particular religious group. The counselor holds a negative view of this group’s beliefs in certain matters. The counselor must, as a first step: Selected c. Answer: Become aware of and explore the potential reasons for the bias Groups displaying nonworking group behaviors may be working but: Selected Answer: d. in less overt or easily recognizable ways. Dan, a 34-year-old homosexual construction worker; April, a 21-year-old heterosexual single parent; and Sylvester, a 57-year-old Air Force retiree who underwent a blood- transfusion two years ago have all been recently diagnosed as HIV-positive. All need to address the issues of coping and “getting on with life.” The appropriate setting for achieving this goal would be: Selected Answer: c. A counseling group Which of the following is NOT a prompt a leader will use when asking members to complete sentences? Selected Answer: b. The member in the group that makes you most angry is . . . Studies have determined that group therapy is: Selected Answer: a. Equally or, in some cases more, effective than individual therapy If (s) is/are brought to the forefront and dealt with constructively, a negative can be turned into something therapeutic. Selected Answer: a. hidden agendas Before groups progress to a level of deeper work, which we refer to as the working stage, they typically experience a: Selected Answer: d. Transitional Phase Which of the following is NOT considered a critical-to-address characteristic of the Transition Stage? Selected Answer: a. One’s childhood experiences Mort works in a position of authority. He is a college guidance counselor. He is now a member of a court-mandated group. When others speak of their problems, he is always the first to react, even at the risk of cutting off other would-be responders. He seems to speak more than any other member. His behaviors could legitimately be construed as: Selected Answer: c. Monopolizi ng Each member must actively work to open him- or herself to others and to addressing the issues that get in the way of doing so. Selected Answer: c. trustin g The self-assessment of group leadership skills will help a beginning leader identify: Selected Answer: c. their areas of strengths and weaknesses as a group leader. Characteristics of a cohesive group include all of the following EXCEPT: Selected Answer: b. a lack of bonding One way for members to share their experience with others outside the group without breaking confidentiality or informed consent is: Selected Answer: b. for them to talk about their own experience, reactions, and insights without describing other members or mentioning others in the group by name. Selected Answer: a. the person of the member A factor to be aware of when terminating a group is the leaders’ own history with . Selected Answer: c. Los s Some members may lack understanding or experience in participating in groups, and their struggle to learn new behavior patterns should not be labeled as . Selected Answer: d. defensi ve The done prior to beginning a group helps us learn the history of group members, which enables us to better understand some of their reactions during the group process. Selected Answer: b. screening processes Many short-term psychoeducational groups are structured around: Selected Answer: a. a series of topics. Which of the following is a characteristic of a working group? Selected Answer: a. Most members feel a sense of inclusion, and excluded members are invited to become more active. is the ability to tune in to what others are subjectively experiencing and to see the world through their eyes. Selected Answer: c. Empat hy Potential additional weight, when screening group prospects, must be given to those who are deemed “difficult” as they: Selected Answer: c. Might be the ones who need the group the most Members need to face the reality of and learn how to say good-bye. Selected Answer: c. terminati on The process of encourages members to accept responsibility for the outcomes of a group and for changing the style in which they relate to others. Selected Answer: b. interpersonal feedback Groups provide a natural laboratory and a sense of that demonstrates to people that they are not alone and that there is hope for creating a different life. Selected Answer: a. communi ty encompasses the values, beliefs, and behaviors shared by a group of people. Selected Answer: c. Cultur e The reactions members develop toward the group leader and other members can bring out intense feelings in those who are the target of their reactions. Selected Answer: a.