HMS 104 MID-TERM EXAM FLASH CARDS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the primary role of a leader in an education group? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅provide
information and facilitate discussions regarding how information may apply to the members' life
situations.
How are counseling/therapy groups different from personal growth groups? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅members come to counseling and therapy groups with specific issues to work on rather
than to explore broader life questions.
Compare the advantages of group counseling versus individual counseling. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅most clients can benefit from either, depending on the issues on which they are working.
Know important dynamic factors in counseling groups. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅p. 47
What is the most important therapeutic force? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅that the leader is clear on his or
her purpose when planning and leading the group.
What is the difference between an open and closed group? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅an open group is
one in which members may enter and leave based on factors outside the group (such as discharge from
a therapeutic residential setting) whereas a closed group is one in which a set group of members
continue throughout the life of the group.
What are the consequences when the objective of a group is not well defined? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅the group is likely to be boring and unproductive.
What information does a leader's evaluation of his/her group provide? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅how the
group experience has impacted the members' behavior; a self-evaluation of the group; and what the
member's liked most/least about the group.
Being clear about the purpose of a group will allow the leader to do what? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅select activities and pose relevant questions that keep the group on task.
What is the primary role of a leader in an education group? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅provide
information and facilitate discussions regarding how information may apply to the members' life
situations.
How are counseling/therapy groups different from personal growth groups? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅members come to counseling and therapy groups with specific issues to work on rather
than to explore broader life questions.
Compare the advantages of group counseling versus individual counseling. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅most clients can benefit from either, depending on the issues on which they are working.
Know important dynamic factors in counseling groups. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅p. 47
What is the most important therapeutic force? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅that the leader is clear on his or
her purpose when planning and leading the group.
What is the difference between an open and closed group? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅an open group is
one in which members may enter and leave based on factors outside the group (such as discharge from
a therapeutic residential setting) whereas a closed group is one in which a set group of members
continue throughout the life of the group.
What are the consequences when the objective of a group is not well defined? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅the group is likely to be boring and unproductive.
What information does a leader's evaluation of his/her group provide? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅how the
group experience has impacted the members' behavior; a self-evaluation of the group; and what the
member's liked most/least about the group.
Being clear about the purpose of a group will allow the leader to do what? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅select activities and pose relevant questions that keep the group on task.
