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Group Processes Final Exam
Chapters 9 and 12
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
05/14/2013

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Counseling and Therapy Groups
Definition
groups focus on increased psychological adjustment and health
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Types of Counseling and Therapy Groups
Definition
-Psychoanalytical
-Alderian groups
-Psychodrama groups
-Gestalt groups
-Cognitive Behavioral groups
-Existentialgroups
-Person-Centered groups
-Rational-Emotive groups
- Reality groups
-interpersonal theray groups
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Psychoanalytic Group
Definition
group that emphasizes inner conflicts underlying psychological problems (Freudian)

-participants encouraged to discuss their memories, fears, fantasies, to gain insight into their unconscious
- facilitator may offer interpretations and promote insight
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Alderian Group
Definition
group emphasis that people feel inferior in regard to to others from childhood and social forces primarily motivate people

4 stages
-build cohesion
-assess members psychological health and functioning
- help members increase slef understanding and insights
-help each member re orient to see new ways of behavior and choices
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Psychodrama Groups
Definition
-group emphasis that acting out past traumatic events is more involving than passive discussion (Moreno)

-participants act out past emotional experiences
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Gestalt Groups
Definition
group emphasis on the integration of mind and body; increased clarity of one's wants, values, adn goals; greater awareness of oneself; and resolution or completion of unfinished business

-participants work through unresolved repressed issues to be full functioning
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Cognitive behavioral groups
Definition
group emphasizes behavioral theories of skinner and bandura to change behavior without concern for origin or psycho dynamics of the person

-participants chose behavior to change, then through behavioral procedure change behavior to teach self management
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Existential Groups
Definition
group emphasizes helping participants confront the basic "givens" in life/ultimate concerns of existence

-assume participants free to chose what to make of their lives and are responsible for their choices and actions not passive victims
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Person-Centered Groups
Definition
group emphasize human beings move toward wholeness adn actualization and can find their way without much direction (Carl Rogers)

-facilitator creates healing, caring, empathetic environment
-participants let down their defenses adn work toward meaningful goals
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Reality Groups
Definition
group emphasizes that humans are motivated to fufill basic needs for survival, love, belonging, power, freedom, adn fun; each person choses how to fuffill needs in current relationships

-participants control their own behavior to better meet their needs in current relationships
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Rational-Emotive Groups
Definition
group emphasizes at early age people learnd should's ought's musts, ect that are translated to negative assumptions

-participants must become aware of irrational assumptions, internally debate, adn replace it with a new bahavior
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Interpersonal Therapy Groups
Definition
group emphasis on assumption that many psychological problems result from problems in relationships

-participants need to correct self defeating behavior
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Growth Groups
Definition
groups that focus on emotional growth, improved interpersonal relationships, and group skills
-take advantage of small groups to develop interpersonal skills and personal insights to lead to more satisfactory relationships in life
Term
Types of Growth Groups
Definition
- T-Groups
-Encounter Groups
-Human Relations Training Groups
-Structured Growth Groups
Term
T-Groups
Definition
group who emphasis is on studying the development of the group and relationships among the group members
-primary info source is behavior of members themselves
-discussion focuses on what is happening within the group
-originates from Lewin's groups
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Encounter Groups
Definition
group emphasis on members accepting and trusting feelings and most personal qualities and being more open with others
-members encouraged to interact authentically
-facilitator maintains positive atmosphere and helps members
-role playing is often used
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Human Relations Training Groups
Definition
group emphasis on increasing member's competence in interacting effectively with individuals from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds
-small groups of diverse members interact to study interaction adn work to build more effective relationships
-members tend to develop insight into cultural difference adn construct and maintain diverse relationships
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Structured Growth Groups
Definition
group emphasis on developing specific interpersonal problem or skill
-exercises used to help members practice targeted behaviors and skills
-workshops, trainings, seminars
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Self Help Groups
Definition
groups focus on overcoming or coping with life stresses such as addiction or illness
-voluntary members meet to exchange social support or solve or deal with a common problem or condition
Term
Goals of Therapeutic Groups
Definition
1. Increase interpersonal effetiveness
2.Increase psychological health
3. Increase humanizing relationships
4. move towards self actualization
Term
Interpersonal effectiveness
Definition
extent to which a persons behavior match his or her intentions
Term
Psychological health
Definition
ability to be aware of and manage effectively ones interdependent interactions with others
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humanizing Relationships
Definition
ability to reflect the qualities of empathy, kindness, caring, consideration, love, ect
Term
Self-Actualization
Definition
psychological need for growth, development, and utilization of potential
Term
Advantages of Group Experiences
Definition
1. Supportive Community
2. Hope
3. Microcosm of real world
4. induce and reduce powerful feelings
5. Perspective taking
6. Multiple Sources of Social Comparison
7. Multiple Sources of Feedback
8. Vicarious learning
9. Require variety of skill
10. Influence behavior and attitude
11. Helping others
12. Resource to gain self insight
13. Cognitive Learning
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Importance of Disclosing Emotions
Definition
1. experienceing emotions can teach participants to accept feelings
2. expressing and describing emotional experiences tends to unify people
3.expressing previously hidden emotions can free members from stress adn tension
4. beneficial change is promoted by observing other members ave significant emotional experiences
5. disclosing has therapeutic effects
6. provides members with insight into their problem
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Leaders of a Growth Group must:
Definition
1. establish conditions for experiencing and disclosing emotions to modify behavior
2. be resource expert on group dynamics, experiental learning, and approach to growth being emphasized
3. teach needed interpersonal and small group skills
4. model interpersonal and small group skills
5.ensure that members have opportunity for disclosure and experimentation with new behavior patterns and attitudes
6.ensure members are provided with constructive confrontations and feedback
7.promote corrective or reparative emotional experiences within group
8.guide problem solving within which members can address their concerns
9.establish and enforce a contract with participants
Term
conflict-negative group
Definition
group suppresses and avoids conflicts and when they occur are managed in destructive ways

-conflict is unitary
-conflict is the problem
-avoid, suppresses, contains conflicts
-conflict believed inherently destructive
-no value seen in conflict
-conflicts create anxiety and defensiveness
-individuals go for a "win"
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Conflict-positive groups
Definition
group encourages and manages conflicts constructively to maximize their potential in enhancing the quality of decision making and problem solving
-recognizes different types of conflict
-conflict is part of the solution
-seek out adn encourage conflict
-conflict believed potentially constructive
-many values to conflict
-create excitement, interest, focus
-individuals try to "solve the problem"
Term
Conflict
Definition
a fight, struggle, battle, disagreement, dispute, or quarrel
Term
Want
Definition
a desire for something
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Need
Definition
a necessity for survival
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Goal
Definition
an ideal state of affairs that we value and are working to achieve
Term
Interests
Definition
the potential benefits to be gained by achieving our goals
Term
Conflict of interest
Definition
when the actions of one person attempting to maximize his or her benfits prevent, block, interfere with, injure, or in some way make less effective the actions of another person attempting to maximize his or her benefits

based on:
-differences in wants, needs, goals, and values
-scarcities of certain resources such as power, influence, money, time, space, popularity, position
-rivalry
Term
Destructive Conflicts
Definition
-create anger hostility lasting animosity and even violence
-can result in pain and sadness
-can end in lawsuits ect
-destroy groups effectiveness, relationships,commitment to goals, work,efforts, security, trust,
Term
Positive Conflict Outcomes
Definition
-can focus group attention on a problem
- energize and motivate members to solve them
-disfunctional behavioral patterns are highlighted by conflicts
-clarify how group members need to change
-clarify what and whom members care about, values, and identity
-keep relationships clear of irritations and resentments
-strengthen members confidence
-release negative emotions
-fun
Term
Constructive Conflicts results
Definition
1. result in agreement that allows members to achieve goals. Maximize joint outcomes, benefit all, and in alls best interest
2. Strengthen relationship among participants by increasing thier liking, respect, adn trust for one another
3. increase participants ability to resolve future conflicts
Term
Aggression
Definition
physical or verbal behavior intended to injure another
Term
Assertiveness
Definition
behavior intended to express confidence or dominance
Term
Indirect Aggression
Definition
an attempt to hurt another person without face to face confrontation
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Direct Aggression
Definition
an attempt to hurt another person to his or her face
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Emotional Aggression
Definition
hurtful behavior that stems from out of control anger
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Instrumental Aggression
Definition
hurtful behavior that stems from trying to accomplish a goal
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Displaced Aggression
Definition
hurtful behavior towards a person who is not the causal agent of the instigating provacation
Term
Conflict Management Strategies
Definition
1. The owl (Problem-solving negotiations)
2. Teddy Bear (Smoothing)
3. Shark (Forcing or win-lose negotiations)
4.The Fox (Compromising)
5. The turtle (withdrawing)
Term
Problem Solving Negotiations
OWL
Definition
strategy that values goal and relationship
Term
Smoothing
TEDDY BEAR
Definition
strategy values the importance of the relationship
-give goal little importance
-see others goals as more important
Term
Forcing/Win-Lose
SHARK
Definition
strategy values the goal and doesn't care about the relationship
-seek to force or persuade
Term
Compromising
FOX
Definition
strategy that are moderately concerned with the goal and the relationship
-meeting at the middle to each get half
Term
Withdrawing
TURTLE
Definition
strategy that values neither goals or relationships
-simply avoid conflict
Term
Internal Barriers
Definition
-fear
-negative attitudes
-values
-anxieties
-conflict avoidance
Term
External Barriers
Definition
-task requirements
- group norms
-pressure to maintain public image
-perceptions of ones vulnerability
-physical seperation
Term
Triggering Event
Definition
event that triggers conflict of interest
Term
Control Occurrence of Conflicts
Definition
1. Increase barriers
2. Avoid triggering events
3. entry state of individual, or persons ability to deal with conflict
Term
Negotiationq
Definition
Process by which people with shared and opposed interests attempt to reach an agreement that specifies what each gives to and receives from one another
Term
Distributive Issues
Definition
-negotiation where one member benefits only if the other agrees to make concession
Term
Integrative Issues
Definition
-negotiation where two people work together to seek a solution that will benefit both
Term
3 Types of Interdependence in Negotiations
Definition
1. Participation-interdependence
-need two people
2.Outcome-Interdependence
-need agreement
3.Information-Interdependence
-need each other for information
Term
Dilemma of Trust
Definition
choice between believing or not believing the other negotiator

disbelief reduces possibility of agreement
Term
Dilemma of honesty and openness
Definition
risk of either negotiator being exploited for disclosing too much info too quickly or refusing to disclose info
Term
norm of reciprocity
Definition
a negotiator should return the same benefit or harm given by negotiator
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norm of equity
Definition
the benefits received or costs assessed by negotiators should be equal
Term
goal dilemma
Definition
how to reach an agreement favorable to oneself but not so one sided that the other negotiator refuses to agree
Term
Distributive Negotiation
Definition
negotiation with goal to maximize your outcomes while minimizing the other persons
Term
Integrative Negotiation
Definition
negotiation with the goal to maximize the joint benefit
Term
Distibutive Negotiation Strategy
Definition
-present offer favorable to oneself and refuse to modify position
-gather info about what other considers a reasonable agreement
- continually pointing out validity of ones own position
-use combo of threats and promises to achieve goal
-commit oneself to ones position to make other agree to her norms
-agreeing ones benefits are better than the others or there is no outcome
Term
Integrative Negotiation Strategy
Definition
-describing what you want
-describing how you feel
-describing the reasons underlying your wants and feelings
-reversing perspectives
-inventing at least 3 optional agreements that maximize joint outcomes
-choosing one alternative and agreeing to it
Term
Hints to engage in distributive negotiation
Definition
1. identify triggering events
2. make an extreme opening offer
3. compromise slowly
4. use threats promises and stick doggedly to committed positione
5. be ready to walk away with no agreement
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