SCWK 2313 Test Review Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Mutual Aid - CORRECT ANSWER Occurs when the members of a group express their
needs and also respond to other group members' needs.
Group Cohesion - CORRECT ANSWER A quality that stems from people feeling a
sense of belonging.
Normalization - CORRECT ANSWER Coming to understand that their own
experiences, feelings, behaviours, and thoughts are shared by other group members, which
can help them feel validated, accepted, and more "normal."
Purposeful - CORRECT ANSWER Social group workers are deliberately aiming to
apply, create, and develop a group characteristic or process.
Open Groups - CORRECT ANSWER Allow participants to join at any time during the
process of the group program.
Closed Groups - CORRECT ANSWER Begin with a specific number of participants
who stay together for the duartion of the group program, with no new members joining after
the group begins.
Group Process - CORRECT ANSWER All the things that are happening between the
group members and how these are happening; oftentimes, is a felt experience and not
articulated in words.
Group Content - CORRECT ANSWER Is the material that is delivered and shared
, Strengths Based - CORRECT ANSWER Means that everything we do is focused on
exploring and using a client's strengths to help them achieve their goals.
Stages of Group Development - CORRECT ANSWER Beginning, middle, and end
stage of a group.
Educational Groups - CORRECT ANSWER People come together in order to learn
something together, such as new concepts or skills
Psychoeducational groups - CORRECT ANSWER Are similiar to education groups;
group members might be encourgaed to discuss their feelings and thoughts
Task Groups - CORRECT ANSWER Come together to work on an issue—something
that needs to be addressed, created, modified, and accomplished.
Support Groups - CORRECT ANSWER Emphasize the development of mutual aid
between group members
Self-Help Groups - CORRECT ANSWER Are often led by nonhelping professionals
that have experienced the challenge the group is seeking to address.
Therapy Groups - CORRECT ANSWER Aim to help group members gain insight into
a problem, understand and express their feelings and thoughts, and change their thoughts,
feelings, and behaviours to more healthy and effective ways of thinking, feeling, and being.
Social Justice Groups - CORRECT ANSWER Emphasize an understanding of and
commitment to action for macro-level change
Group Work - CORRECT ANSWER Goal directed activity with small treatment and
task groups aimed at meeting socioemotional needs and accomplishing tasks. This activity is
directed to individual members of a group and to the group as a whole within the system of
service delivery.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Mutual Aid - CORRECT ANSWER Occurs when the members of a group express their
needs and also respond to other group members' needs.
Group Cohesion - CORRECT ANSWER A quality that stems from people feeling a
sense of belonging.
Normalization - CORRECT ANSWER Coming to understand that their own
experiences, feelings, behaviours, and thoughts are shared by other group members, which
can help them feel validated, accepted, and more "normal."
Purposeful - CORRECT ANSWER Social group workers are deliberately aiming to
apply, create, and develop a group characteristic or process.
Open Groups - CORRECT ANSWER Allow participants to join at any time during the
process of the group program.
Closed Groups - CORRECT ANSWER Begin with a specific number of participants
who stay together for the duartion of the group program, with no new members joining after
the group begins.
Group Process - CORRECT ANSWER All the things that are happening between the
group members and how these are happening; oftentimes, is a felt experience and not
articulated in words.
Group Content - CORRECT ANSWER Is the material that is delivered and shared
, Strengths Based - CORRECT ANSWER Means that everything we do is focused on
exploring and using a client's strengths to help them achieve their goals.
Stages of Group Development - CORRECT ANSWER Beginning, middle, and end
stage of a group.
Educational Groups - CORRECT ANSWER People come together in order to learn
something together, such as new concepts or skills
Psychoeducational groups - CORRECT ANSWER Are similiar to education groups;
group members might be encourgaed to discuss their feelings and thoughts
Task Groups - CORRECT ANSWER Come together to work on an issue—something
that needs to be addressed, created, modified, and accomplished.
Support Groups - CORRECT ANSWER Emphasize the development of mutual aid
between group members
Self-Help Groups - CORRECT ANSWER Are often led by nonhelping professionals
that have experienced the challenge the group is seeking to address.
Therapy Groups - CORRECT ANSWER Aim to help group members gain insight into
a problem, understand and express their feelings and thoughts, and change their thoughts,
feelings, and behaviours to more healthy and effective ways of thinking, feeling, and being.
Social Justice Groups - CORRECT ANSWER Emphasize an understanding of and
commitment to action for macro-level change
Group Work - CORRECT ANSWER Goal directed activity with small treatment and
task groups aimed at meeting socioemotional needs and accomplishing tasks. This activity is
directed to individual members of a group and to the group as a whole within the system of
service delivery.
