Group Member Intrapersonal Interventions
T or F - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), are effective interventions for emotional regulation and behavior change.
True
T or F - Behaviors are more effectively learned by indirectly (listening to how to behave in a situation) rather than directly (by repeating and practicing new behaviors).
False - behaviors are more effectively learned (1) vicariously, by watching what other people do or say, and (2) directly, by repeating and practicing new behaviors.
T or F - Environmental interventions help members maintain the psychosocial and physical situations in which they live.
False - Environmental interventions help members to MODIFY OR CHANGE the psychosocial and physical situations in which they live.
T or F - Interventions in the group as a whole can be subdivided into those that focus on (1) communication and interaction patterns, (2) attraction for its members, (3) social integration, and (4) culture.
True.
ACT stands for
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
A tool used in interpersonal interventions where one person acts as another or the person acts out a specific scenario
role playing
What is an example of a resource that could be referred to for a substance abuse group member?
Rehabs, hotlines, individual therapy, etc.
Group workers have a responsibility to bring community problems to the attention of local officials and civic organizations and to make them aware of how group work services can help to alleviate their problems. This is an ex. of ___.
A - increasing community awareness
B - communal protesting
C - girl bossing
D - intrapersonal intervention
A - increasing community awareness
The first step in any intrapersonal intervention is to help members accurately identify:
A - their own position in the group.
B - thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and to discriminate among them.
C - conflicts among the group.
B - thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and to discriminate among them.
The notion: behaviors are more likely to be imitated if the observer sees others being rewarded for similar performances is part of which concept?
A - Learning by observing models
B - Role playing
C - Social Network Relations
A - Learning by observing models
The environmental intervention that helps socially isolated members gather needed support from others
A -
B - modifying physical environments
C - expanding social networks
C - expanding social networks
An aspect of group dynamics that workers should consider during the ___ stage of treatment groups is the culture that has developed in the group.
A - Middle
B - Early
C - Final
D - Reflective
A - Middle
The main components of ____ are (1) mindfulness, (2) distress tolerance, (3) emotion regulation, and (4) interpersonal effectiveness.
DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)
One member, as a protagonist, is directed to sculpt or position himself or herself and other group members in a drama that represents a symbolic or real situation in the member’s life. The protagonist explains each person’s role, and the worker directs the action.
A ___ contract should specify:
• What specific behaviors will be performed?
• Who will perform the behaviors?
• How will the behaviors be reinforced?
• Who will administer the reinforcement
Contingency contract
This psychologist developed social learning theory which suggests that observation and modeling play a primary role in how and why people learn - commonly referenced in observational learning.
Albert Bandura
Name two of the four steps in the process of making intrapersonal changes.
• Identify and discriminate among thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
• Recognize associations between specific thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
• Analyze the rationality of thoughts and beliefs
• Change distorted or irrational thoughts and beliefs
The ___ procedure is often used at the close of role-play action. Group members give members who have role played feedback about their performances.
sharing
Members of a weight-loss group find that it is more difficult to lose weight if their refrigerators are stocked with fattening foods than if their refrigerators contain only those items that are a part of the diet that members agreed on. An example of __ intervention.
Modifying Physical Environments
As discussed in Chapter 3, four areas are critical to the effective functioning of any group, and these are the primary areas in which the worker intervenes in the group as a whole.
(1) communication and interaction patterns, (2) cohesion, (3) social integration, and (4) culture.