Group theory

My team consisted of six members, we had no particular roles in the group as we decided that everyone should have equal input. Having to work in groups helped me make friends and enhance my communication skills. Working in teams taught me how not to be afraid to voice my opinion as it is normal if people do not share the same beliefs as me. Each team member was comfortable with each other. I have always been afraid of doing group work because of me being shy, but after this assessment I believe…

We dared not turn back as we scrambled into the labyrinth of the evergreen forest. Christopher, Eliza, Francis, Gracelle, Hassan, Oliver, and I had all met that morning in a deteriorating abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of Paris, France. There, we were informed of the valuable information implanted into our brains at birth by a mysterious, dismembered secret organization called NanoTech. Hence the reason why these military experienced robots keep trailing us wherever we go. Before leaving…

Last summer I partnered with another educator from my school to craft a multisession mini course for Math for America. The course met over a three month period and focussed on teaching educators from the Metro New York area about the symmetries of a sphere using an ancient japanese art form called Temari. I used our organization’s shared digital message board called the small world network to post and share an overview of our course in the spring course catalog and invited 15-20 teachers to sign…

the project, I was fully involved. One of my biggest contributions was keeping records and information from group meetings organized. I took minutes of each group meeting and wrote down every decision that was decided upon the group. With that information, I would later put it into an organized chart or list that made the information more accessible and understandable for the rest of the group. For example, after we decided which characters were being cut from the script and which characters…

For the deliberative presentation, my group was assigned to address problem number two. My group went through all of the phases of the Phase Theory of Group Development. On our first day, we went through the orientation phase. Because our class is small we all knew each other but when we got together as a group for this assignment we tried to get to know each other and we discussed the issue of mental health in our university and what each one of us has observed. Overall that day was dedicated…

Theory The theoretical orientation that I have begun to align with is Rational Emotive Behavior Group Counseling Theory (REBT). Albert Ellis created this theory in 1955. This theory revolves around the core concept of rational and irrational beliefs. A rational beliefs are consistent with reality, logical, enhances both the self and relationships. On the other hand, irrational beliefs are seen to be a psychological disturbance (Dryden, 2005). An irrational thought is illogical, defeating and…

Cindy Corey authors of Group Process and Practice, the discussions, and research materials have offer me an approach to the group process, where theory and practice in group work can be observed. The readings help me see how experience people apply key elements of the group process in group work. The group process has guidelines that are broken down in the group process sequence. I like how the group process has been broken down since while I am learning what is the group process, I am also…

The group observed and analyzed was held at Kaiser Permanente, Psychiatry Department. The Intensive outpatient program (IOP) is held three times a week and each session is three hours. The purpose of the IOP program is for group members to explore and resolve their problems. Kaiser endorsed their mission is: “to provide high-quality, affordable health care services and to improve the health of our members” and the IOP’s purpose clearly addresses this mission statement. This is Kaiser’s most…

glance some groups seem to be quite superficial. When you hear the term jogging you don’t associate it with intensive counseling or any counseling group for that matter. This would be an incorrect assumption. The jogging group is actually a therapy group that pairs exercise with therapy. Well discuss the jogging group and its connection to Lazarus’s basic ID multimodal concept. The Jogging Group The jogging group is a “16 week interdisciplinary, long term, positive wellness group for…

In this theory, Sherif explores how intergroup conflict as a result for competition for resources, impacts on workforce diversity. The principle conceptualization of this theory assumes that people are likely to be in conflict either individually or within the context of a group, when in competition for limited resources. Unlike other psychological and cognitive theories that explain individual and organizational behavior, the realist conflict theory does to rely on the structure…