Groups Test 4 Flashcards
Type of group: Diabetes group, child birthing group, etc
Teaching groups
Offer information, hope, universality, altruism, corrective reenactment, catharsis
Therapeutic group
Groups designed to accomplish a specific goal
Task groups
Prepares agenda, plans time, clarifies each members roles and responsibilities, sets the tone.
Leader/Chair
Don’t take minutes with what type of group?
Therapeutic group
How members interact verbally and non verbally
Process
What is done
Content
Every person, verbal or not does what in the group setting?
They’re receiving and transmitting
Communication skills for group
Active listening and reflecting, seeking clarification, validation, summarizing
Ways to make decisions in group 3
Vote, consensus, done deal
Imposed belief to minimize conflict and reach consensus without critically testing, analyzing, and evaluating ideas
Group think
Avoiding group think
Role of “critical evaluator”, role of “devils advocate” to pick apart group think occurring
Leader, questioner, facilitator, summarizer, evaluator, initiator
Group task roles
Attacking, blocking, self confessing, competition, withdrawal
Nonfunctional individual behaviors
Initial group phase
Forming, storming (conflict or tension), norming (conflicts are resolved and work starts)