Gladding Groups Final Exam Test
Task/work groups differ from the other three types of groups most dramatically in
that they do not focus on - Correct Answer ✔️✔️changing individuals
Guidance/psychoeducational groups were originally designed for ________
settings - Correct Answer ✔️✔️Educational
The "interaction of group members with one another" is often referred to as -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️process
Understanding a group leader's personal qualities, those characteristics of
personality that influence the group, is advocated by which of the following
approaches to group leadership? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️trait approach
When working with conflict brought about by "power" difficulties within a group,
leaders must differentiate between position power and personal power. Position
power conflict is often seen between __________ individuals - Correct Answer
✔️✔️Immature
___________ group leaders are often charismatic and manipulative. - Correct
Answer ✔️✔️Authoritarian
,____________ group leaders do not provide structure for their groups and are
actually leaders in name only. - Correct Answer ✔️✔️Laissez-faire
_________ group leaders are less directive - serving as a facilitator, not as a
director. - Correct Answer ✔️✔️Democratic
When a group leader refers to her theoretical approach to leadership as "eclectic"
she most likely means that her approach - Correct Answer ✔️✔️is a
composite of several theories
The actual process of interviewing potential group members either individually or
in a group before the group's first meeting is referred to as ____________. -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️screening
Common "people problems" in groups can begin in the formation of the group.
Benjamin declares to his fellow group members that "if you are going to be so
nosey, I am not staying in this group!" This potentially destructive behavior is an
example of a ___________. - Correct Answer ✔️✔️manipulator
One disadvantage to "structuring the group" (running the group according to a
prescribed plan or agenda) is structuring's affect on _________. - Correct
Answer ✔️✔️personal responsibility
, In reality, in the early stages of group development, individual members bring
very different images as to what the group will be like. Such a phenomenon
eventually is resolved through ___________. - Correct Answer ✔️✔️group
cohesion
The forming/orientation stage of the group is usually characterized by________. -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️initial caution
Near the end of the initial group counseling session, Amilie shares with the group
that she feels, "pretty alone so far... that no one really seems to appreciate how
difficult these issues are for me." The leader's intervention, "Amilie, it is
interesting for me to observe that Paul and Gretchen have expressed very similar
feelings tonight." This intervention is an example of ________. - Correct Answer
✔️✔️linking
The screening process involves _______. - Correct Answer ✔️✔
️interviewing potential group members
The process by which group members connect both physically and psychologically
is known as _________. - Correct Answer ✔️✔️joining
Task/work groups differ from the other three types of groups most dramatically in
that they do not focus on - Correct Answer ✔️✔️changing individuals
Guidance/psychoeducational groups were originally designed for ________
settings - Correct Answer ✔️✔️Educational
The "interaction of group members with one another" is often referred to as -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️process
Understanding a group leader's personal qualities, those characteristics of
personality that influence the group, is advocated by which of the following
approaches to group leadership? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️trait approach
When working with conflict brought about by "power" difficulties within a group,
leaders must differentiate between position power and personal power. Position
power conflict is often seen between __________ individuals - Correct Answer
✔️✔️Immature
___________ group leaders are often charismatic and manipulative. - Correct
Answer ✔️✔️Authoritarian
,____________ group leaders do not provide structure for their groups and are
actually leaders in name only. - Correct Answer ✔️✔️Laissez-faire
_________ group leaders are less directive - serving as a facilitator, not as a
director. - Correct Answer ✔️✔️Democratic
When a group leader refers to her theoretical approach to leadership as "eclectic"
she most likely means that her approach - Correct Answer ✔️✔️is a
composite of several theories
The actual process of interviewing potential group members either individually or
in a group before the group's first meeting is referred to as ____________. -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️screening
Common "people problems" in groups can begin in the formation of the group.
Benjamin declares to his fellow group members that "if you are going to be so
nosey, I am not staying in this group!" This potentially destructive behavior is an
example of a ___________. - Correct Answer ✔️✔️manipulator
One disadvantage to "structuring the group" (running the group according to a
prescribed plan or agenda) is structuring's affect on _________. - Correct
Answer ✔️✔️personal responsibility
, In reality, in the early stages of group development, individual members bring
very different images as to what the group will be like. Such a phenomenon
eventually is resolved through ___________. - Correct Answer ✔️✔️group
cohesion
The forming/orientation stage of the group is usually characterized by________. -
Correct Answer ✔️✔️initial caution
Near the end of the initial group counseling session, Amilie shares with the group
that she feels, "pretty alone so far... that no one really seems to appreciate how
difficult these issues are for me." The leader's intervention, "Amilie, it is
interesting for me to observe that Paul and Gretchen have expressed very similar
feelings tonight." This intervention is an example of ________. - Correct Answer
✔️✔️linking
The screening process involves _______. - Correct Answer ✔️✔
️interviewing potential group members
The process by which group members connect both physically and psychologically
is known as _________. - Correct Answer ✔️✔️joining
