Group counseling Flashcards
Although group effectiveness is difficult to define and is related to the purposes and leadership of the group, some general principles have been agreed upon. For example, group processes generally are most effective when the group
A. has an authoritarian leader who maintains interpersonal rules and directions for the group.
B. develops new ways of functioning in response to emerging needs and patterns of interaction among group members.
C. identifies group members who inhibit movement toward the group’s goals.
D. works on several group tasks simultaneously, thereby increasing group efficiency.
B. develops new ways of functioning in response to emerging needs and patterns of interaction among group members.
A counseling group member stated, “I feel so much better knowing that many of you have had similar problems. I guess we’re all in the same boat!” This member’s statement is an example of a group process phenomenon known as
A. transference.
B. universality.
C. catharsis.
D. intellectualization.
B. universality.
In some counseling groups, the members feel dependent upon the group counselor (leader) for direction and movement and are passive in other ways as well, and the group counselor is easily fatigued and irritated because of the responsibility to “make everything work” in the group. According to Yalom (among others), this situation is most likely to arise in groups
A. that have failed to establish self-disclosure as an appropriate behavior for group members.
B. in which unstructured, freely interactive behavior is the norm for group members.
C. in which the meaningfulness of the group to each of the respective members is too high.
D. that have not assumed responsibility for their own functioning.
D. that have not assumed responsibility for their own functioning.
Which of the following is the LEAST important consideration that a group leader should employ in the selection of potentially appropriate strategies to be used in a group?
A. the types of people who will constitute the group.
B. the leaders of self-knowledge.
C. the members’ previous experience in groups.
D. the extent to which the leader will be involved in the group.
C. the members’ previous experience in groups.
The members of a group seemed to be rebelling against the group counselors leadership, “fighting” with one another to establish dominance in the group, confronting the group counselor as well as one another, and generally being in a state of conflict. Based on these characteristics and behaviors, the group counselor determined that the group was in which of the following state of group development?
A. orientation.
B. transition
C. action.
D. completion
B. transition
Counselors know that groups are formed for different purposes. For example, in some groups the primary goal is to yield some specified outcome, or “product,” while in others the primary goal is to focus on the “process” of interaction within the group. Which one of the following types of groups is more product than process orientated?
A. behavioral.
B. transactional-analysis.
C. Adlerian.
D. client-centered.
A. behavioral.
In the context of group counseling, members who are high in conformity also tend to be high in:
A. independence.
B. authoritarianism.
C. intelligence.
D. superiority.
B. authoritarianism.
Counselors refer to the study of “person-to-person relationships” within a group situation as
A. syntaxicality
B. authoritarianism
C. sociometry
D. psychodrama
C. sociometry
A specific technique for reinforcing desirable behaviors by paring them with incompatible behaviors and incorporating principles for relaxation is
A. satiation.
B. extinction gradient delineation.
C. mediation maximization.
D. systematic desensitization.
D. systematic desensitization.
Diagnosis is most clearly a counselor=s task in which of the following types of group counseling?
A. existential.
B. client-centered.
C. rational emotive.
D. psychoanalytic.
D. psychoanalytic.
Diagnosis is most clearly a counselors task in which of the following types of group counseling?
A. existential.
B. client-centered.
C. rational emotive.
D. psychoanalytic.
D. psychoanalytic.
The term group therapy was coined in 1931 by
a. Frank Parsons, the Father of guidance.
b. Jacob Moreno, the Father of psychodrama.
c. E. G. Williamson, associated with the Minnesota View-
point.
d. Fritz Perls, the Father of gestalt therapy.
b. Jacob Moreno, the Father of psychodrama.
In the 1940s the two organizations for group therapy were cre- ated:
a. NASW and NBCC.
b. ASGW and AAS.
c. the American Society for Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama and the American Group Psychotherapy Association.
d. AACD and APA.
c. the American Society for Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama and the American Group Psychotherapy Association.
Which theorist’s work has been classified as a preface to the group movement?
a. Freud.
b. Jung.
c. Jessie
B.Davis.
d. Adler.
d. Adler.
A group is classified as secondary. This implies that
a. it is preventive and attempts to ward off problems.
b. a difficulty or disturbance is present.
c. two therapists are utilized.
d. all of the above.
b. a difficulty or disturbance is present.
When comparing a tertiary group with a primary or secondary group
a. the tertiary focuses less on individual members.
b. the tertiary focuses more on the here-and-now.
c. the tertiary is less likely to deal with severe pathology.
d. the tertiary is more likely to deal with severe pathology.
d. the tertiary is more likely to deal with severe pathology.
Group content refers to material discussed in a group setting. Group process refers to
a. analysis of the unconscious.
b. analysis of the ego.
c. the T-group paradigm.
d. the manner in which discussions and transactions occur.
d. the manner in which discussions and transactions occur.
Group cohesiveness refers to
a. forces which tend to bind group members together.
b. an analysis of group content.
c. a common coleadership style.
d. a style of leadership.
a. forces which tend to bind group members together.
Some theorists feel that group therapy differs from group coun- seling (which is also called an interpersonal problem solving group) in that
a. group counseling would be of longer duration.
b. group therapy, also dubbed as a personality reconstruction group, would be of longer duration.
c. group counseling requires far more training.
d. group therapy addresses a less disturbed population of
clients.
b. group therapy, also dubbed as a personality reconstruction group, would be of longer duration.
Most experts would agree that overall
a. structured exercises are more effective than unstructured techniques.
b. structured exercises are less effective than unstructured techniques.
c. all well-trained therapists favor structured exercises over unstructured techniques.
d. ethical guidelines must forbid unstructured techniques because they can be dangerous to the depressed or anxious client.
b. structured exercises are less effective than unstructured techniques.
One advantage of group work is that a counselor can see more clients in a given period of time. One disadvantage is that a coun- selor can be too focused on group processes and
a. thus individual issues are not properly examined.
b. the group becomes too behavioristic.
c. a and b.
d. thus the group focuses too much on content.
a. thus individual issues are not properly examined.
According to the risky shift phenomenon, a group decision will
a. be less conservative than the average group member’s decision, prior to the group discussion.
b. be more conservative than the average group member’s decision, prior to the group discussion.
c. often be aggressive or illegal.
d. violate the group’s confidentiality norms.
a. be less conservative than the average group member’s decision, prior to the group discussion.
A counselor suggests that her client join an assertiveness training group. Most assertiveness training groups are
a. unstructured.
b. psychodynamicorperson centered.
c. focused heavily on existential concerns.
d. behavioristic and highly structured.
d. behavioristic and highly structured.
ACA and the ASGW division recommend screening for poten- tial group members
a. for all groups.
b. only when the group is in a hospital inpatient setting.
c. only when the group is composed of minors.
d. only if the group deals with chemical dependency.
a. for all groups.
