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NCE - groups
group information
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| dyadic | two functioning as a pair |
| didactic | to teach |
| Jacob Moreno father of | psychodrama |
| Jacob Moreno coined the term | group therapy |
| Joseph Pratt was the first to | (Boston physician) form groups (dealing w/ tuberculosis) |
| ASGW journal | journal for specialists in group work |
| ASGPP | American Society for Group Psychotherapy & Psychodrama |
| AGPA | American Group Psychotherapy Association |
| ASGPP & AGPA were created in | 1940s |
| Theorist's work classified as preface to group movement? | Adler |
| Pioneer in crisis intervention movement | Gerald Caplan |
| 3 classifications of group | primary, secondary, tertiary |
| primary groups promote | healthy lifestyle or coping strategies |
| secondary groups | problem/disturbance presently |
| tertiary groups | works w/ individuals to reduce severity/length of problem |
| tertiary groups deals with more | serious/longstanding issues |
| coleadership/cofacilitation | when 2 leaders are present in group |
| immediacy | here and now; client-counselor relationship as it transpiring right at that moment |
| group norms | govern acceptable behavior/group rules |
| group therapy flourished in US because | a shortage of individual therapist during WWII |
| T-group | training group |
| cohesiveness | forces which bind group members together |
| Kurt Lewin is associated with | cohesiveness |
| When cohesiveness goes up... | absenteeism & other negative factors go down |
| when cohesiveness is lacking... | the group is viewed as fragmented |
| group therapy is also called | personality reconstruction group |
| group counseling is also called | interpersonal problem solving solving group |
| group therapy is longer than | group counseling |
| George Gazda and 3 types of groups | guidance, counseling, and psychotherapy |
| guidance groups are (primary, secondary, tertiary) | primary b/c it's preventive |
| guidance groups can also be called | affective educational groups, psychological education, or psychoeducational groups |
| term therapy in group work means | the problem is more severe & individual work is needed for a longer duration (tertiary) |
| structured exercises are less effective than | unstructured techniques |
| risky shift phenomenon | less conservative than average member's decision, prior to group discussion |
| structured groups rely on | numerous exercises |
| unstructured groups have | few exercises/tasks |
| behavioral groups are | highly structured (i.e. assertiveness training) |
| structured groups have a _____ theme | specific |
| Examples of unstructured groups | nondirective, psychodynamic, existential |
| support groups are also called | self-help groups |
| marathon groups are | long lasting |
| What is the important trait for group members? | trust |
| open groups are | open to new members after they start |
| closed groups are | closed to new members after they start |
| closed groups promote | group cohesiveness and trust |
| universality or mutuality | you are not alone with your problem |
| 3 basic leadership styles | autocratic (authoritarian), democratic, laissez-faire |
| Lewin, Lippitt, White in 1939 | study on leadership styles |
| laissez faire means | do as you please w/o leadership or direction |
| 3 communication modes in assertiveness training | assertive, nonassertive, aggressive |
| open-ended groups are | those that don't have a given # of sessions/or ending date |
| effective leaders discovered that | modeling appropriate behaviors improves group participation |
| a risk of group intervention | lack of confidentiality |
| group dynamics refers to | study of interrelationship & interactions between group members |
| a group cannot not | have structure |
| isolate (group role) | negative role "silent one" receives little to no attention |
| scapegoat (group role) | negative role; receives attention, but not positive attention |
| faction or subgroup | a clique or group of people within in a group |
| 3 type of roles | task, maintenance, self-serving (or individual) |
| avoidance-avoidance | 2 negative choices i.e. take pay cut or lose job |
| approach-avoidance | 1 positive choice, 1 negative i.e. I want to meet group members, but I'm scared I'll be rejected |
| ego state analysis | common practice of TA- helps client discern out of which ego state he is operating in a given situation |
| horizontal interventions | working with groups as a whole |
| vertical interventions | working with individuals within the group |
| interpersonal -horizontal approach | focuses on group processes & here and now |
| intrapersonal -vertical approach | focuses on past |
| outcome research or product research | research in the area of group work |
| outcome research attempts | to determine whether or not the group was successful |
| R.K. Conyne's group work grid model has how many intervention levels? | 4 - individual, interpersonal, organization, community population |
| the intervention can be either one of these two | correction oriented or enhancement oriented |