SOWK 505- Exam questions with verified
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What the qualities of small groups? - correct answer ✔✔-Definable membership
-Group consciousness
-a shared purpose
-mutual aid
-interaction between members
-The ability to act in a unitary manner
What is the definition of groups: - correct answer ✔✔-two or more individuals interacting with
each other, aware of his or her membership in the group
What are the three core activities of an effective group? - correct answer ✔✔1. the group needs
to be able to accomplish its goal
2. The group aims to maintain itself internally.
3. The group develops the changes in ways that it may improve its effectiveness
Mutual aid - correct answer ✔✔-The group worker recognizes that the group, with its multiple
helping relationships, is the primary source of change
-helping members work together to achieve the goals that they have established for themselves
Empowerment - correct answer ✔✔-is the process of increasing personal, interpersonal, or
political power so that individuals, families and communities can take action to improve their
situations
, Process vs content - correct answer ✔✔-content is what happens and process is how it happens
content - correct answer ✔✔-may be reflected in the typical minute taken from a meeting but
that does not reflect the process
-the length of the discussion, anger, feelings of members, non-verbal glances
Process - correct answer ✔✔-A participant observe participates in the group and observes the
process at the same time
-Group worker needs to become adept at process observation, noting the non-verbal and verbal
communication
Neon Sign components - correct answer ✔✔-Purpose, what are the real purposes of the group?
-Time, where is the group in its development over time
Definition of Professional Associations - correct answer ✔✔1. advance the interests of social
workers by attending to matters relating to salaries, service conditions and benefits, and lines of
promotion
2. promote the professional development of social workers through theory and research to
facilitate development
3. encourage ethical professional conduct by providing codes of ethics to guide social workers
4. monitor service provision to ensure a just equal distribution of social work services
Treatment Groups - correct answer ✔✔-signifies a group whose major purpose is to meet
members socio-emotional needs
-The purpose of groups include meeting members' needs to education, growth, behavior
change, support of socialization
Task groups - correct answer ✔✔-signifies any group in which the major purpose is neither
intrinsically nor immediately linked to the needs of the members of the group
solutions already passed
What the qualities of small groups? - correct answer ✔✔-Definable membership
-Group consciousness
-a shared purpose
-mutual aid
-interaction between members
-The ability to act in a unitary manner
What is the definition of groups: - correct answer ✔✔-two or more individuals interacting with
each other, aware of his or her membership in the group
What are the three core activities of an effective group? - correct answer ✔✔1. the group needs
to be able to accomplish its goal
2. The group aims to maintain itself internally.
3. The group develops the changes in ways that it may improve its effectiveness
Mutual aid - correct answer ✔✔-The group worker recognizes that the group, with its multiple
helping relationships, is the primary source of change
-helping members work together to achieve the goals that they have established for themselves
Empowerment - correct answer ✔✔-is the process of increasing personal, interpersonal, or
political power so that individuals, families and communities can take action to improve their
situations
, Process vs content - correct answer ✔✔-content is what happens and process is how it happens
content - correct answer ✔✔-may be reflected in the typical minute taken from a meeting but
that does not reflect the process
-the length of the discussion, anger, feelings of members, non-verbal glances
Process - correct answer ✔✔-A participant observe participates in the group and observes the
process at the same time
-Group worker needs to become adept at process observation, noting the non-verbal and verbal
communication
Neon Sign components - correct answer ✔✔-Purpose, what are the real purposes of the group?
-Time, where is the group in its development over time
Definition of Professional Associations - correct answer ✔✔1. advance the interests of social
workers by attending to matters relating to salaries, service conditions and benefits, and lines of
promotion
2. promote the professional development of social workers through theory and research to
facilitate development
3. encourage ethical professional conduct by providing codes of ethics to guide social workers
4. monitor service provision to ensure a just equal distribution of social work services
Treatment Groups - correct answer ✔✔-signifies a group whose major purpose is to meet
members socio-emotional needs
-The purpose of groups include meeting members' needs to education, growth, behavior
change, support of socialization
Task groups - correct answer ✔✔-signifies any group in which the major purpose is neither
intrinsically nor immediately linked to the needs of the members of the group
