NURS665 (100) Exam 1 Review
Questions and All Correct Answers
2025-2026 Updated.
What is the type of group that focuses on issues such as remediation, treatment, and
personality reconstruction?
a. Psychoeducation groups
b. Counseling groups
c. Therapy groups
d. Task/work groups - Answer c. Therapy groups
The group counselor uses all of the following EXCEPT
• a. verbal techniques.
• b. non-verbal techniques.
• c. structured exercises.
• d. guilt exercises. - Answer • d. guilt exercises.
Leaders bring to every group all of the following EXCEPT
• a. an unwillingness to change.
• b. personal qualities.
• c. values.
• d. life experiences. - Answer • a. an unwillingness to change.
Group leaders become an influential force in a group when they are
• a. able to model effective behavior rather than merely describe it.
• b. able to use an authoritarian leadership style.
• c. licensed and certified.
• d. approved by the ASGW. - Answer • a. able to model effective behavior rather than
merely describe it.
Authentic group leaders
• a. share every fleeting thought, perception, feeling, fantasy, and reaction they have.
• b. are willing to appropriately disclose oneself and share feelings and reactions to what is
going on in the group.
• c. never hold back their true feelings toward members.
,• d. share every fleeting thought, perception, feeling, fantasy, and reaction they have and never
hold back their true feelings toward members. - Answer • b. are willing to appropriately
disclose oneself and share feelings and reactions to what is going on in the group.
The main rationale for the group leader's personal disclosures is the assumption that
• a. he or she is the expert who has the answers to members' problems.
• b. such sharing will facilitate the work of the group.
• c. his or her stories will be more interesting than members' stories.
• d. self-disclosure is a good strategy to use when he or she cannot think of other strategies. -
Answer • b. such sharing will facilitate the work of the group.
Highly effective therapists can be described as having all of the following EXCEPT
• a. the ability to provide an emotionally safe environment for clients while challenging them.
• b. an ability to deeply enter the world of another without losing a sense of self.
• c. the ability to accept feedback about themselves without becoming destabilized by this
feedback.
• d. to become a master who does not need further training. - Answer • d. to become a
master who does not need further training.
Groups are
• a. a powerful intervention tool across the life span.
• b. a powerful intervention primarily for highly functioning adults.
• c. considerably less effective than individual therapy.
• d. detrimental to the self-esteem of older adults. - Answer • a. a powerful intervention tool
across the life span.
In the era of ___________, brief interventions and short-term groups have become a necessity.
•a. managed care
•b. universal health care
•c. chronic mental illnesses
•d. frivolous lawsuits - Answer •a. managed care
A key reason research findings often are not integrated into clinical practice is
• a. collaboration between practitioners and researchers is never beneficial.
• b. because clinical practitioners do not agree with researchers because they utilize only illegal
methods to retrieve data.
, • c. due to the constraints of experimental research that limit the applicability of findings to a
real-world context.
• d. because researchers do not believe clinical practitioners can be useful in any way. - Answer
• c. due to the constraints of experimental research that limit the applicability of findings to a
real-world context.
____________ is to warn members of possible risks in group participation-to reduce these risks.
•a. Blocking
•b. Evaluating
•c. Protecting
•d. Facilitating - Answer •c. Protecting
Informing group participants about the psychological risks associated with group work
• a. absolves leaders from responsibility.
• b. should be avoided since it is an acknowledgment of the potential for harm to occur, which
can be used against the leader in the event a malpractice case is filed.
• c. absolves leaders from being legally reprimanded.
• d. is an ethical obligation of group leaders. - Answer • d. is an ethical obligation of group
leaders.
If safety is lacking in a group, members who have been subjected to ____________ may be
revictimized when they explore their experiences in the group.
• a. professional training standards
• b. social injustices
• c. confidentiality
• d. competence - Answer • b. social injustices
____________ reveal that group therapy is as effective as individual therapy.
•a. Self-awarenesses
•b. Meta-analyses
•c. Life transitions
•d. Monocultural frameworks - Answer •b. Meta-analyses
Most traditional therapy models are grounded in a(n) _____________ framework wherein
mainstream cultural values overshadow the multicultural worldviews that may be present
among group members.
• a. androgenous
Questions and All Correct Answers
2025-2026 Updated.
What is the type of group that focuses on issues such as remediation, treatment, and
personality reconstruction?
a. Psychoeducation groups
b. Counseling groups
c. Therapy groups
d. Task/work groups - Answer c. Therapy groups
The group counselor uses all of the following EXCEPT
• a. verbal techniques.
• b. non-verbal techniques.
• c. structured exercises.
• d. guilt exercises. - Answer • d. guilt exercises.
Leaders bring to every group all of the following EXCEPT
• a. an unwillingness to change.
• b. personal qualities.
• c. values.
• d. life experiences. - Answer • a. an unwillingness to change.
Group leaders become an influential force in a group when they are
• a. able to model effective behavior rather than merely describe it.
• b. able to use an authoritarian leadership style.
• c. licensed and certified.
• d. approved by the ASGW. - Answer • a. able to model effective behavior rather than
merely describe it.
Authentic group leaders
• a. share every fleeting thought, perception, feeling, fantasy, and reaction they have.
• b. are willing to appropriately disclose oneself and share feelings and reactions to what is
going on in the group.
• c. never hold back their true feelings toward members.
,• d. share every fleeting thought, perception, feeling, fantasy, and reaction they have and never
hold back their true feelings toward members. - Answer • b. are willing to appropriately
disclose oneself and share feelings and reactions to what is going on in the group.
The main rationale for the group leader's personal disclosures is the assumption that
• a. he or she is the expert who has the answers to members' problems.
• b. such sharing will facilitate the work of the group.
• c. his or her stories will be more interesting than members' stories.
• d. self-disclosure is a good strategy to use when he or she cannot think of other strategies. -
Answer • b. such sharing will facilitate the work of the group.
Highly effective therapists can be described as having all of the following EXCEPT
• a. the ability to provide an emotionally safe environment for clients while challenging them.
• b. an ability to deeply enter the world of another without losing a sense of self.
• c. the ability to accept feedback about themselves without becoming destabilized by this
feedback.
• d. to become a master who does not need further training. - Answer • d. to become a
master who does not need further training.
Groups are
• a. a powerful intervention tool across the life span.
• b. a powerful intervention primarily for highly functioning adults.
• c. considerably less effective than individual therapy.
• d. detrimental to the self-esteem of older adults. - Answer • a. a powerful intervention tool
across the life span.
In the era of ___________, brief interventions and short-term groups have become a necessity.
•a. managed care
•b. universal health care
•c. chronic mental illnesses
•d. frivolous lawsuits - Answer •a. managed care
A key reason research findings often are not integrated into clinical practice is
• a. collaboration between practitioners and researchers is never beneficial.
• b. because clinical practitioners do not agree with researchers because they utilize only illegal
methods to retrieve data.
, • c. due to the constraints of experimental research that limit the applicability of findings to a
real-world context.
• d. because researchers do not believe clinical practitioners can be useful in any way. - Answer
• c. due to the constraints of experimental research that limit the applicability of findings to a
real-world context.
____________ is to warn members of possible risks in group participation-to reduce these risks.
•a. Blocking
•b. Evaluating
•c. Protecting
•d. Facilitating - Answer •c. Protecting
Informing group participants about the psychological risks associated with group work
• a. absolves leaders from responsibility.
• b. should be avoided since it is an acknowledgment of the potential for harm to occur, which
can be used against the leader in the event a malpractice case is filed.
• c. absolves leaders from being legally reprimanded.
• d. is an ethical obligation of group leaders. - Answer • d. is an ethical obligation of group
leaders.
If safety is lacking in a group, members who have been subjected to ____________ may be
revictimized when they explore their experiences in the group.
• a. professional training standards
• b. social injustices
• c. confidentiality
• d. competence - Answer • b. social injustices
____________ reveal that group therapy is as effective as individual therapy.
•a. Self-awarenesses
•b. Meta-analyses
•c. Life transitions
•d. Monocultural frameworks - Answer •b. Meta-analyses
Most traditional therapy models are grounded in a(n) _____________ framework wherein
mainstream cultural values overshadow the multicultural worldviews that may be present
among group members.
• a. androgenous
