Terms

Question 1

Airtime

Answer 1

Amount of time available for participation in the group

Question 2

Toxic effect

Answer 2

Comes from working with people in pain; effects of physical and psychic isolation; loss, interpersonal distancing

Question 3

Yearbook feedback

Answer 3

Saying nice but insignificant things, superficial, “Niceville”

Question 4

Open-ended

Answer 4

Groups that admit new members at any time

Question 5

Closed-ended

Answer 5

Groups that do not admit new members after the first session

Question 6

Group-as-a-whole approach

Answer 6

Therapist makes comments directed to the whole group that reflect here and now processes that are out of the group’s awareness

Question 7

Hawthorne effect

Answer 7

Changes in group behavior due to manipulation of observation or condition

Question 8

Systems theory

Answer 8

Focuses on the interconnectedness of elements; parts make a whole and process matter/energy/information

Question 9

Heterogenous group

Answer 9

Different; groups composed of dissimilar individuals

Question 10

Homogenous group

Answer 10

Same; groups composed of similar members

Question 11

Sociometry

Answer 11

Phenomenological methodology for investigating interpersonal relationships

Question 12

Sociogram

Answer 12

Tool of sociometry that plots out group interactions

Question 13

Awareness

Answer 13

Total organismic response to environment (internal and external) to gain insight, control, responsibility (Gestalt term)

Question 14

Critical-incident Model

Answer 14

Training model where there trainee co-leads to make strategic interventions geared to incidents in the particular group

Question 15

Intervention cube

Answer 15

A way of assessing critical incidents and fitting interventions, conceptualized by level, type, intensity

Question 16

Skilled group counseling training model

Answer 16

Helps beginning group workers learn and transfer group counseling skills to actual sessions

Question 17

Skilled group counseling scale

Answer 17

18 skills organized into 3 stages:
counseling and exploration,
understanding,
action

Question 18

Self-efficacy

Answer 18

An individual‘s judgment of their capacity to organize and execute a course of action required to attain a designated type of performance

Question 19

Peer group supervision

Answer 19

Practitioners meeting on a regular basis in a supportive group environment comprised of
case presentation
key questions
method choice
consultation
conclusion

Question 20

Conceptual skills

Answer 20

Thinking skills to delineate dominant themes/concerns of the client while simultaneously choosing a helpful response (whole picture)

Question 21

Personalization skills

Answer 21

Using one‘s own personal attributes (openness, humor) to full advantage in a group setting

Question 22

Professional skills

Answer 22

Behaving appropriately in a crisis, safeguarding confidentiality, and turning in reports connected with the group in a timely manner

Question 23

Scapegoating

Answer 23

To blame others for one‘s own problem

Question 24

Leveling

Answer 24

A process in which group members are encouraged to interact freely and evenly with one another; group members are drawn out or calmed down

Question 25

Informal feedback

Answer 25

Reactions solicited of members by the group leader; provided in an unstructured way at any time (increased spontaneity and sensitivity)

Question 26

Formal feedback

Answer 26

Structured through time-limited rounds or journals

Question 27

Motivational interviewing

Answer 27

Client-centered, directive method that values autonomy/collaboration/evocation for resolving ambivalence that impedes change; includes open-ended questions, reflections, recognizing readiness, and guidance toward personal goals.

Question 28

Norms

Answer 28

Expectations about group members‘ behavior that should or should not take place; rules and standards of behavior (prescriptive to do, proscriptive to avoid)

Question 29

Identification

Answer 29

Normal developmental process in which individuals see themselves as being similar to one another

Question 30

Cooperation

Answer 30

Group members working together for a common purpose or for good

Question 31

Collaboration

Answer 31

Sharing facts and feelings with other members in a group; helping a member obtain a personal goal when there is no observable reward for other members in a group

Question 32

SYMLOG

Answer 32

System for multiple level observation of groups Dominance vs. Submissiveness Friendliness vs. Unfriendliness Instrumental vs. Emotional

Question 33

Team Player Inventory (TPI)

Answer 33

10-item Assessment Instrument for predisposition toward organizational team-working environments

Question 34

Group emotional intelligence individual regulation (GEI-IR)

Answer 34

Three-pronged instrument scaling group efficacy, group trust, and group cohesion; measures emotional intelligence

Question 35

Devil‘s advocate procedure

Answer 35

When members are asked to question the group‘s decisions with a firm skepticism before reaching a conclusion

Question 36

Exercises

Answer 36

Planned activities to help group members become more aware; structured activities that the group does for a specific purpose

Question 37

Nominal-group technique (NGT)

Answer 37

6-step process generating a number of written ideas/solutions connected with a problem (does not require the open exposure of brainstorming and ends with a vote, discussion, revote on priorities)

Question 38

Synectics

Answer 38

Joining together of different and apparently irrelevant elements; diverse individuals integrating in a problem-stating, problem-solving group

Question 39

Farewell-party Syndrome

Answer 39

Emphasizing only the positive aspects of the group instead of what they have learned; avoids pain of closure

Question 40

Capping

Answer 40

Easing out of emotional interaction and into cognitive reflection (especially helpful for ending)

Question 41

Culture

Answer 41

Set of attitudes, values, beliefs, and behaviors shared by a group of people, communicated from one generation to the next

Question 42

KOFFE

Answer 42

Group counseling model for working with African Americans: Knowledge Open communication Faith Family Empowerment

Question 43

Chicanas

Answer 43

Women of Mexican descent

Question 44

Vision quest

Answer 44

Native American sacred ritual for young men to seclude themselves and wait for a vision while deprived of food, sleep, and shelter

Question 45

Talking circle

Answer 45

Sweat lodge ceremony tradition in which participants express thoughts and feelings in prayer and conversation

Question 46

Inner circle/outer circle approach

Answer 46

Native American group approach in which inner circle members release their pain and frustration through clenched fists into the open palms of outer circle members

Question 47

Accelerated aging

Answer 47

The process of defining oneself as older than one‘s chronological age

Question 48

Disability

Answer 48

Mental, behavioral, or physical impairment affecting at least one of an individual‘s daily activities

Question 49

Spaghetti thinking

Answer 49

Thinking in a group where one individual considers benefits while another considers facts (related but separate aspects of a concept); strands of spaghetti may touch but do not connect