A(n) _____ should have members who possess the skills and resources required to accomplish an undertaking successfully.
A) single-session group
B) subgroup within a working group
C) task group with a specific purpose
D) open-ended group
During a group's working phase, the expectation of a weekly progress report from the leader:
A) increases the necessity of reminding the members of their contract agreements.
B) reduces the members' sense of independence and accomplishment.
C) makes monitoring of individual members haphazard and unsystematic.
D) helps increase motivation of the members to work toward goals between sessions.
To ensure that time is allocated reasonably to each member during the working phase of group development, Toseland and Rivas recommend that group leaders:
A) help each member to work in turn and generalize concepts to all members.
B) set a timer to ring when allocated time for a member has elapsed.
C) focus on members who are highly involved and ask the other members to watch and learn.
D) decide who is most in need of attention and focus on that member during the remaining time.
The focus during the working phase of group development is on:
A) initiation and introductions.
B) achieving members' goals.
C) balancing positive and negative feedback.
D) completing unfinished business.
During a group's working phase, when members struggle with feelings of hurt, disappointment, fear, inferiority, and related issues, leaders can enhance individual and group growth by:
A) elaborating on the negative sentiments for closure.
B) encouraging the members to internalize and learn from the feelings.
C) focusing on the universality of underlying sentiments.
D) explaining about the struggle for power to the members.
In shaping a group's norms, leaders need to intervene in certain instances. Such interventions should:
A) focus on group-related matters.
B) focus on individual attitudes.
C) single out one person from the group.
D) impose a solution on the group.
In the contractual process of initial group sessions, the leaders of the group:
A) enable the members of the group to disconnect.
B) help the members of the group to refine their general goals.
C) administer evaluation instruments.
D) reiterate the urgency to solve social problems.
In the context of social workers using the leadership role purposefully, which of the following makes members more vested in the group and enhances their sense of self-efficacy?
A) Helping members assume leadership behaviors
B) Making accurate assessments of the stages of development
C) Encouraging formation of subgroups
D) Stimulating groupthink
In the context of interventions throughout the life of groups, which of the following is a critical point for intervention by the social worker?
A) Dysfunctional role performance
B) Attainment of group or individual roles
C) The leader assuming a peripheral role
D) Formation of subgroups within the main group
When a group enters the termination phase, the group leader acts to decrease the group's sense of:
A) separateness.
B) self-righteousness.
C) internal discord.
D) cohesion.
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