Deck 10: Treatment Groups: Specialized Methods

Question 1

The major components of observational learning include

A) The level of attention of the observer
B) The extent to which the observer retains what is learned
C) The vividness of the model
D) The motivation of the member who is observing

Answer 1

C

Question 2

A cognitive technique that is used to help members see situations or problems from another point of view by changing the conceptual or emotional setting is called

A) Thought stopping
B) Reframing
C) Flooding
D) Stress inoculation

Answer 2

A

Question 3

A role-play procedure where a member uses his or her experiences and plays the protagonist is known as the __________ procedure.

A) Sculpting
B) Monodrama
C) Own role
D) Soliloquy

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Environmental interventions do not include

A) Connecting members to concrete resources
B) Changing the group's climate
C) Planning physical environments
D) Expanding social networks

Question 5

Supportive role play procedures include

A) Own role
B) Mirror
C) Sculpting
D) Role reversal

Question 6

Changing belief systems does not include

A) Having members examine the experiences on which thoughts and beliefs are based
B) Helping members get feedback from others in the group
C) Helping members examine the way past experiences were construed
D) Helping members get feedback from their family

Question 7

Changing the group's environment usually does not include

A) Increasing agency support for group services
B) Meeting with group leaders who lead similar groups
C) Linking with interagency networks
D) Increasing community awareness of the group

Question 8

Intrapersonal interventions do not include

A) Identifying and discriminating between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
B) Role playing
C) Recognizing associations between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
D) Analyzing whether thoughts and beliefs are rational

Question 9

Interventions that are focused on the psychosocial and physical space in which a member functions are called

A) Interpersonal interventions
B) Environmental interventions
C) Systems interventions
D) Intrapersonal interventions

Question 10

To increase agency support for a group it is not necessary to

A) Trace the history of changes to agency services
B) Know the current needs and future plans of the agency
C) Learn about board members backgrounds
D) The value orientation and decision-making style of the administrator or supervisor

Question 11

Intervening in the group as a whole generally does not include

A) Changing interaction patterns
B) Changing the group's attraction for its members
C) Changing group norms
D) Changing intervention plans

Question 12

Interpersonal interventions do not include

A) Flooding
B) Modeling
C) Role playing
D) Psychodrama

Question 13

Interventions that focus on members' cognition and affects-that is, their thoughts, beliefs, values, feelings, sensations, and emotions-are called

A) Intrapersonal
B) Interpersonal
C) Cognitive
D) Environmental

Question 14

Interventions to change thoughts, beliefs, and feelings states usually do not include

A) Expanding social networks
B) Visualization and cognitive imagery
C) Cognitive self-instruction
D) Cognitive restructuring

Question 15

A role-play procedure during which the worker stops the action before it is finished and interviews one or more actors, asking them specific, detailed questions designed to elicit particular thoughts and feelings is known as a(n) __________ procedure.

A) Autodrama
B) On-the-spot interview
C) Sharing
D) Mirror

Question 16

A role-play procedure in which a group member plays multiple roles which represent the different ways members view themselves or the different ways others view a member is known as

A) Doubling
B) Sculpting
C) Mirroring
D) Autodrama

Question 17

Interventions that focus on members' relationships with others within and outside the group are called

A) Interpersonal
B) Intrapersonal
C) Psychodynamic
D) Introspective

Question 18

Role play procedures do not include

A) Mirroring
B) Doubling
C) Role reversal
D) The double chair

Question 19

Contingency management procedures do not include

A) Positive reinforcement
B) Negative reinforcement
C) Sanctions
D) Situations to stay away from

Question 20

Making referrals for members with severe disabilities usually does not include

A) Arranging escort services or transportation
B) Involving family members
C) Checking to see that the member has reached the referral source
D) Calling the referral source to let them know the member may be coming

Question 21

A network chart does not specify

A) Active social network relationships
B) Inactive social network relationships
C) Relationships that should be in the member's network
D) Relationships outside the member's network

Question 22

Describe three strategies for working with a too-talkative male member in a mixed gender group for recently separated people.

Question 23

Briefly name and describe three intrapersonal therapeutic techniques to help members relax, and describe how you would use one in a group to help members with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Question 24

Changing group culture is not done by

A) Challenging commonly accepted beliefs and ideas held by members
B) Pointing out taboo areas
C) Developing a contingency contract or incentive system with members to change group cultures that are not therapeutic
D) Helping members to discuss the group culture

Question 25

Assume you are leading a support group for women who have recently been widowed. Describe three ways you would help the members develop new social relationships. Refer to Figure 10-2, and diagram an example of a social network for one member. How could you help this member expand her social network? How could you encourage the group to assist in this process?

Question 26

Contingency contracts should specify

A) How friends should behave
B) How family members will react
C) How a new behavior will be reinforced
D) The leader's role in developing the contract

Question 27

Cognitive Imagery techniques include

A) Visualizations
B) Progressive muscle relaxation
C) Implosion
D) Flooding

Question 28

You are leading a structured educational group with a lot of content to be covered. During the sessions, you note that there is much leader-to-member interaction but little member-to-member interaction. How could you increase member-to-member interaction in the group?

Question 29

For a group of your choice, design three activities or interventions to increase group cohesion.

Question 30

Mindfulness meditation

A) Helps us to see things as clearly categorized
B) Helps us to see things as related, interconnected, and interdependent
C) Helps us to clarify and soothe our thinking
D) Helps us to remember things more clearly