Practice II Final Exam

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Task Centered Group

Formed to achieve a specific set of tasks or objectives

Treatment Groups

Composed of members with severe emotional, behavioral, and personal problems

Education Groups

Teach specialized skills and knowledge

Are smaller or large groups more favorable?

Are smaller or larger groups more successful in resolving complex problems?

Best length of time a group facilitation should last

5 Stages of Groups

1. Intake
2. Selection of members
3. Assessment and planning
4. Group development and intervention
5. Evaluation and termination

According to Garland, Jones and Kolodny, what are the 5 stages of development in social work groups?

1. Preaffiliation
2. Power and control
3. Intimacy
4. Differentiation
5. Seperation

Members are ambivalent joining the group and interaction is guarded

Power and control

The character of the group begins to emerge

The likes and dislikes of intimate relationships are expressed

Differentiation

Members are free to experiment with new and alternative behavior patterns because they recognize individual rights and needs

Group purposes have been achieved and members have learned new behavioral patterns to enable them to move on to other social experiences

The sum of all the variables influencing members to stay in a group

Those needed to accomplish specific goals set by the group

Group Maintenance Roles

Strengthen social/emotional bonds within the group

Rewards include things such as promotions, pay increases, days off, and praise

The ability to fire a worker who falls below a given level of production is a common example of coercive power

Legitimate Power

Directly related to an internalized value or norm and is probably the most complex of the five power bases

Occurs when one individual A influences individual B as a result of identification

Accepting a physician's advice in medical matters is a common example of expert influence which is based on the perception that a person has knowledge or expertise that its the source of power

What are the 6 things to keep in mind when planning a session?

1. Select relevant content
2. Use examples
3. Present materials in a logical order
4. Plan the time
5. Be flexible
6. Change the pace

Why should the leader's credentials be addressed at the beginning of the first group session?

Gives the group a sense of confidence that the leader can fulfill the expectations of the members

What is a hidden agenda?

A personal goal by a member but unknown to other group members, which interferes with the group's efforts

What are group norms?

Rules that specify proper group behavior

Groups members are less apt to be disruptive if what?

Their personal goals are identified and incorporated in to the group goals

What do nonverbal cues often reveal?

Feelings a person is intentionally trying to hide

Examples of nonverbal cues

Sweating, stammering, blushing, frowning, etc

Incongruent messages

When two or more messages contradict each other's meanings

Genogram - marital seperation

Line with two slants through it, s. year of seperation

Genogram - committed relationship

Filled in connection and dashed line connection

Genogrom - hostile relationship

Zig zag going from person to person

Genogram - fused relationship

3 lines attached from person to person

Principles of Bowen's Theory

- differentiation
- emotional system
- multigenerational transmission
- emotional triangles
- chronic anxiety

Population Bowen worked with

Schizophrenics and family members (started with patient and mother, than realized its the entire group)

Emotional System

- bridge between differentiation and multigenerational transmission
- feelings, thoughts, fantasies

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