NURS 661 EXAM 1 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 2026
GRADED A+
⩥Discuss three ways a group leader can respond to a group member who
is engaging in problematic behavior.
Answer: • Express annoyance with a member without denigrating the
character of the person.
• Avoid responding to a sarcastic remark with sarcasm.
• Educate the member about how the group works to demystify the
process.
• Encourage members to explore their fears or any form of resistance
rather than ignore them.
• Avoid labeling and judging any member and instead describe the
behavior of the member.
• State observations and hunches in a tentative way rather than being
dogmatic.
• Demonstrate sensitivity to a member's culture and avoid stereotyping
the individual.
• Let members who are difficult for you know how they are affecting
you in a non-blaming
way.
• Avoid using the role and power of the leader to intimidate members.
• Monitor your own countertransference reactions.
,• Challenge members in a caring and respectful way to do things that
may be painful and
difficult.
• Avoid retreating when conflict arises.
• Provide a balance between support and challenge.
• Refrain from taking member reactions in an overly personal way.
• Facilitate a more focused exploration of a problem rather than give
simple solutions.
• Meet the member's needs, not your own.
• Invite group members to state how they are personally affected by
problematic behaviors
of other members, but block judgments, evaluations, and criticisms.
⩥Group members sometimes express unrealistic beliefs ("I must always
please my partner" or "I must always get the
best job evaluations") that can be explored, dismantled, and replaced by
healthier, more functional beliefs in the course of
the group experience. This process is best described by which of the
following terms?
Answer: cognitive restructuring
⩥According to your text, members of cohesive and productive groups
generally focus on which of the following?
Answer: the here-and-now
,⩥According to Yalom and Leszcz (2020), which of the following is
essential to the group process?
Answer: hope
⩥Considerable overlapping stages is common in all groups, especially
during which of the following transitions?
Answer: from the transition stage to the working stage
⩥According to your text, research indicates that cohesiveness is best
described by which of the following?
Answer: vital to group success
⩥According to your text, trust in the context of a counseling group is
best characterized as which of the following?
Answer: varying across the life of the group
⩥After a cathartic experience, group members often benefit from which
of the following?
Answer: cognitive work
⩥Which of the following stages is best characterized by the commitment
of members to explore significant problems?
Answer: working
, ⩥Although members apply what they have learned in the group to
everyday life throughout all stages of a group, this
becomes particularly important during which phase?
Answer: consolidation
⩥Self-disclosure by group leaders should be predicated on which of the
following?
Answer: the group's needs
⩥When encouraging self-disclosure, group leaders should remember
which of the following?
Answer: Self-disclosure is less acceptable in some cultures than in
others.
⩥According to Burlingame et al. (2004), meta-analyses of cohesion in
group therapy, which of the following has been
shown to increase group cohesion?
Answer: discussing roles of both leaders and group members
⩥In an effective group, when do members typically assess their own
satisfaction?
Answer: continually
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 2026
GRADED A+
⩥Discuss three ways a group leader can respond to a group member who
is engaging in problematic behavior.
Answer: • Express annoyance with a member without denigrating the
character of the person.
• Avoid responding to a sarcastic remark with sarcasm.
• Educate the member about how the group works to demystify the
process.
• Encourage members to explore their fears or any form of resistance
rather than ignore them.
• Avoid labeling and judging any member and instead describe the
behavior of the member.
• State observations and hunches in a tentative way rather than being
dogmatic.
• Demonstrate sensitivity to a member's culture and avoid stereotyping
the individual.
• Let members who are difficult for you know how they are affecting
you in a non-blaming
way.
• Avoid using the role and power of the leader to intimidate members.
• Monitor your own countertransference reactions.
,• Challenge members in a caring and respectful way to do things that
may be painful and
difficult.
• Avoid retreating when conflict arises.
• Provide a balance between support and challenge.
• Refrain from taking member reactions in an overly personal way.
• Facilitate a more focused exploration of a problem rather than give
simple solutions.
• Meet the member's needs, not your own.
• Invite group members to state how they are personally affected by
problematic behaviors
of other members, but block judgments, evaluations, and criticisms.
⩥Group members sometimes express unrealistic beliefs ("I must always
please my partner" or "I must always get the
best job evaluations") that can be explored, dismantled, and replaced by
healthier, more functional beliefs in the course of
the group experience. This process is best described by which of the
following terms?
Answer: cognitive restructuring
⩥According to your text, members of cohesive and productive groups
generally focus on which of the following?
Answer: the here-and-now
,⩥According to Yalom and Leszcz (2020), which of the following is
essential to the group process?
Answer: hope
⩥Considerable overlapping stages is common in all groups, especially
during which of the following transitions?
Answer: from the transition stage to the working stage
⩥According to your text, research indicates that cohesiveness is best
described by which of the following?
Answer: vital to group success
⩥According to your text, trust in the context of a counseling group is
best characterized as which of the following?
Answer: varying across the life of the group
⩥After a cathartic experience, group members often benefit from which
of the following?
Answer: cognitive work
⩥Which of the following stages is best characterized by the commitment
of members to explore significant problems?
Answer: working
, ⩥Although members apply what they have learned in the group to
everyday life throughout all stages of a group, this
becomes particularly important during which phase?
Answer: consolidation
⩥Self-disclosure by group leaders should be predicated on which of the
following?
Answer: the group's needs
⩥When encouraging self-disclosure, group leaders should remember
which of the following?
Answer: Self-disclosure is less acceptable in some cultures than in
others.
⩥According to Burlingame et al. (2004), meta-analyses of cohesion in
group therapy, which of the following has been
shown to increase group cohesion?
Answer: discussing roles of both leaders and group members
⩥In an effective group, when do members typically assess their own
satisfaction?
Answer: continually
