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HMS 104: Mid-Term Exam Questions with Answers
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What is the primary role of a leader in an education group? 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? 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. Answer: most clients can benefit from either, depending
on the issues on which they are working.
Know important dynamic factors in counseling groups. Answer: p. 47
What is the most important therapeutic force? 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? Answer: an
open group is one in which members may enter and leave based on
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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? Answer: the group is likely to be boring and unproductive.
What information does a leader's evaluation of his/her group provide?
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? Answer: select activities and pose relevant questions that keep
the group on task.
What are the two aspects of planning for a group? Answer: pre-group
planning and session planning.
What determines the number of sessions for which a group will meet?
Answer: the length of a school term, the leader's availability, the needs
of the population being served, or the amount of educational
information to be covered.
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HMS 104: Mid-Term Exam Questions with Answers
(100% Correct Answers)
What is the primary role of a leader in an education group? 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? 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. Answer: most clients can benefit from either, depending
on the issues on which they are working.
Know important dynamic factors in counseling groups. Answer: p. 47
What is the most important therapeutic force? 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? Answer: an
open group is one in which members may enter and leave based on
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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? Answer: the group is likely to be boring and unproductive.
What information does a leader's evaluation of his/her group provide?
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? Answer: select activities and pose relevant questions that keep
the group on task.
What are the two aspects of planning for a group? Answer: pre-group
planning and session planning.
What determines the number of sessions for which a group will meet?
Answer: the length of a school term, the leader's availability, the needs
of the population being served, or the amount of educational
information to be covered.
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