K-State Comps 2012 Groups

Front 1

Social Group: Focus

Back 1

unstructured groups which exist purely for socialization purpose

Front 2

Task/work Groups: focus

Back 2

information or problem solving groups

Front 3

Guidance/psycho-educational: Purpose

Back 3

Developmental and preventive

Front 4

Guidance/psycho-educational: Content

Back 4

Education, vocational and/or personal/social information which is not generally obtained elsewhere

Front 5

Guidance/psycho-educational: Size and focus

Back 5

Size: 4-several hundred
Focus: providing accurate information for use in improved understanding of self and others

Front 6

Guidance/psycho-educational: Leadership and modes of delivery

Back 6

Leadership: provided by anyone with the knowledge
Modes of delivery: employed from unfinished stories, vignettes, discussion groups, demonstrations, tapes

Front 7

Guidance/psycho-educational: expected change and limits

Back 7

Change: minimal- possibly a matter of reorientation of thought
Limits: group concerns and providing information for more effective problem solving

Front 8

Counseling Groups/Interpersonal: Purpose

Back 8

preventive and mildly remedial

Front 9

Counseling groups/Interpersonal: Content

Back 9

similar to guidance groups in the focus is on the same general areas

Front 10

Counseling groups/Interpersonal: Size and focus

Back 10

size: 3-10, but up to 20
focus: more oriented to the affective as opposed to the cognitive

Front 11

Counseling Group/Interpersonal: Leadership and Mode of delivery

Back 11

Leadership: some one with guidance groups, but also has co-led counseling groups with an experienced group counselor
Modes: same as guidance, but more focus on the discussion b/t members relative to their concerns

Front 12

Counseling Group/Interpersonal: Change and limits

Back 12

Change: definite. Direct attempt to produce change in the participants through the modification of attitudes and behavior
Limits: basically determined by the purpose of the group and function level of the members

Front 13

Counseling group/Interpersonal: Impact

Back 13

intended to be directly on the individual members and is personal in nature

Front 14

Psychotherapy groups/personal:purpose

Back 14

remedial

Front 15

Psychotherapy groups/personal: Content and size

Back 15

Content: decidedly on personal/social
size: smaller, 3- 10

Front 16

Psychotherapy groups/personal: focus and leadership

Back 16

focus: remediation of personal dysfunction
Leadership: provided by a trained therapist who is very familiar with personality disorder

Front 17

Psychotherapy groups/personal: Impact and expected change:

Back 17

Impact: intended to aid personality congruence, quite possibly through reconstructive efforts
Expected change: pronounced in the that there is a direct attempt at change in the function of the participants. Resistance usually present

Front 18

Group Development Stages

Back 18

1) Initial State- formation
2) Struggle
3) Sharing Growth
4) Actualization
5) Termination

Front 19

Formation Stage

Back 19

-dependency on the leader to provide structure, set ground rules, establish agenda,
-orientation of member to what they are required to do, nature of the work must be explored

Front 20

Struggle Stage

Back 20

-conflict arises as a result of small group interaction. Shows itself as they pursue a task. Conflict toward the leader
-who is going to be responsible for what, what are the group limits, how has the leadership

Front 21

Sharing/Growth Stage

Back 21

-cohesion-growth of a sense of groupness, generally out of a resolution of interpersonal conflict. people feel good about what is going one and in being a part of the group
-data flow

Front 22

Actualization stage

Back 22

no reached by many groups
-interdependence, working as a unit
-consensual problem solving

Front 23

Termination Stage

Back 23

usually the fourth stage
-possible separation anxiety, leader directed introspection on the group experience coupled with provided feed back to members
-summation of the group accomplishments and look to the future

Front 24

Task Role

Back 24

task role of the group is to select, define and solve some common problem. Identify in relation to the function of facilitation and coordination of group problems solving activity

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Initiator Contributor

Back 25

Task Role
- suggest or purposes to the group new ideas or a changed way of regarding the group problem or goal. ( a must have, starts the group)

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Information seeker

Back 26

Task role
-asking for clarification or additional facts

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Information giver

Back 27

Task role
offering facts or generalization about issues or relating pertinent experience

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Coordinator

Back 28

showing relationship between ideas and events

Front 29

Orienter

Back 29

defining the position of the group in relation to its goal or beginning

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Evaluator

Back 30

supplyng standards of accomplishment and subjecting group progress to a standard

Front 31

Interpersonal Roles

Back 31

emphasis of these roles is on the ways in which member interact with one another. They typically serve the building of group oriented attitudes and an orientation toward working together for a common purpose

Front 32

Encourager

Back 32

Interpersonal
commending, complimenting, supporting the contribution of others

Front 33

Harmonizer

Back 33

mediating differences between others

Front 34

Gatekeeper and expediter

Back 34

keeping the channels open

Front 35

Standard setter or ego ideal

Back 35

calling attention to the group needs

Front 36

Follower

Back 36

going along with the group movement

Front 37

Individual roles

Back 37

only classifies member paricpation by the individuals effort to serve their own self-interest

Front 38

Blocker

Back 38

individual role
being negaitiveistic, stubbornly resistant

Front 39

Recognition seeker

Back 39

individual role
maintaining a central position or center of attention

Front 40

Dominator

Back 40

individual role
trying to exert authority in manipulating the group or certain members

Front 41

Help seeker

Back 41

Individual role
endeavoring to elicit sympathy response from the whole group

Front 42

Leadership traits

Back 42

qualities of the leaders such as adaptability, aggressiveness, initiative, intelligence, charisma

Front 43

leader center leadership

Back 43

leader identifies the problem and arrives at a decision and reports to the group

Front 44

Leader/group leadership

Back 44

leader identifies a tentative solution

Front 45

Group centered

Back 45

only limits are by the group structure and organization. Group identification alternative, and solution lie within the group