Misc.-3
(q. 401)
Prior to the 1960's most counseling took place...
a. in a group setting
b. with the entire family present
c. in a dyadic relationship
d. in behavior clinics
c. in a dyadic relationship
(q. 484)
A leader who wishes to stop inappropriate discussion should rely on...
a. summarization
b. clarification
c. blocking
d. linking
c. blocking
(q. 449)
An adept group leader will...
a. attempt to safeguard clients against risks
b. work to reduce risks and dangers
c. a and b
d. let the group handle the dangers on their own
c. a and b
(q. 495)
Which of these factors is not delineated by Irvin Yalom as a curative factor?
a. altruism, universality, and existential learning
b. manifest dream content and insight into the unconscious
c. catharsis, cohesiveness, and instillation of hope
d. imitative behavior and reenactment of family
b. manifest dream content and insight into the unconscious
(q. 485)
When a leader attempts to relate one person's predicament to another person's predicament, it in known as...
a. summarization
b. clarification
c. blocking
d. linking
d. linking
(q. 477)
A client would generally feel most suspicious of others in...
a. the final stage of separation or termination
b. the intimacy stage
c. the group formation/exploratory stage
d. a group with coleadership, also known as cofacilitation
c. the group formation/exploratory stage
(q. 405)
Which theorist(s) work has been classified as a preface to the group movement?
a. Sigmund Freud
b. C. G. Jung
c. Alfred Adler and Jesse B. Davis
d. Marsha Linehan, who created DBT
c. Alfred Adler and Jesse B. Davis
(q. 478)
Fights between subgroups and members showing rebellion against the leader occur in...
a. the second stage, known as the control or transition stage
b. the first stage, known as the orientation or formation stage
c. the separation stage
d. the intimacy stage
a. the second stage, known as the control or transition stage
(q. 430)
When a group member is speaking, it is best for the counselor to...
a. try to face the group member
b. not face the group member, as this does not appear genuine in a group setting
c. smile while listening
d. suppress genuine emotion
a. try to face the group member
(q. 482)
A group therapist is constructing a diagram to better understand the dynamics between subgroups and members. This is called...
a. sculpting
b. ego state analysis
c. charting a pictorial sociogram
d. charting the variance
c. charting a pictorial sociogram
(q. 446)
Most experts would agree that an effective counseling group for children has...
a. more members than an adult group
b. less members that an adult group
c. at least two group leaders
d. 9-12 members
b. less members that an adult group
(q. 490)
Experts predict that in the future...
a. group leader will be more like life-skills trainers
b. group leaders will become more person-centered
c. group leaders will return to a psychodynamic viewpoint
d. groups will lose their popularity and eventually die out
a. group leader will be more like life-skills trainers
(q. 415)
One disadvantage of group work is that a counselor can be too focused on group process and...
a. individual issues are not properly examined
b. the group becomes too behavioristic
c. a and b
d. the group focuses too much on content
a. individual issues are not properly examined
(q. 498)
A group leader who wishes to assess the impact of the group ideally would...
a. hand out a written evaluation form during the final session
b. hold a follow-up session so members can share experiences
c. have an outside "observer" sit in during group sessions and consequently rate the level of behavioral change
d. give each member a pretest and a posttest utilizing a projective measure
c. have an outside "observer" sit in during group sessions and consequently rate the level of behavioral change
(q. 447)
Although the length of group counseling sessions will vary, most experts would agree that ____ is plenty of time even when critical issues are being examined.
a. 3 hours/session
b. 1 hour/session
c. 6 hours/session
d. 2 hours/session
d. 2 hours/session
(q. 432)
In a group setting, it is likely that...
a. a male in a designer suit and female in cutoff jeans will sit close together
b. a Cuban male in a designer suit and an Asian male in another brand of designer suit will sit close together
c. a white female in a designer outfit and a white male in a pair of old jeans and an undershirt will sit close together
d. a male in a designer suit and a female in a jogging suit and old tennis shoes with holes in them will sit close together
b. a Cuban male in a designer suit and an Asian male in another brand of designer suit will sit close together
(q. 473)
A major group dynamic is group development. This is usually expressed in terms of...
a. the number of hours of group conflict
b. theories of group stages
c. the Rosenthal effect
d. the Hawthorne effect
b. theories of group stages
(q. 445)
Most experts would agree that an effective adult counseling group had ____ members.
a. 9-12
b. 3-5
c. 11-16
d. 5 or 6-8
d. 5 or 6-8
(q. 403)
The term group therapy was coined in 1931 by...
a. Frank Parsons, the father of guidance
b. Jacob Moreno, the father of psychodrama
c. C.E.G Williamson, associated with the Minnesota viewpoint
d. Fritz Perls, the father of Gestalt therapy
b. Jacob Moreno, the father of psychodrama
(q. 486)
Strategies that approach the group as a whole are known as...
a. vertical interventions
b. horizontal interventions
c. crossed transactions
d. parallel transactions
b. horizontal interventions