Chapter 9: Group Process and Development

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Open vs. closed membership, the length of a group, and member ______ all influence group development.

a. social skills

b. social identities

c. financial security

d. dedication

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Events that Affect Group Development

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. What are the four stages of group development addressed in the text?

a. pre-formation, beginning, middle, ending

b. planning, beginning, contracting/ working, concluding

c. planning, engaging, supporting/ learning, termination

d. beginning, formation, conflict or intimacy/ differentiation, working

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Stages Usually Referred to In group Work Literature

Difficulty Level: Hard

3. According to the text, the involuntary nature of some groups can influence development by making it more challenging for ______.

a. members to identify with the worker and buy into a common purpose

b. members to identify with one another

c. workers to ensure consistent attendance

d. workers to have empathy for members

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Involuntary Nature of Some Groups

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Demographic differences and agency factors that may be perceived as oppressive are important social justice considerations in the ______ stage(s) of group development.

a. working/conflict

b. storming/termination

c. beginning/formation

d. beginning/working

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Social Justice Issues in Beginning or Formation Phases

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. From a social justice perspective, one key worker task in the middle stage of group work is ______.

a. identifying and cultivating indigenous leaders

b. assessing the power dynamics that give rise to indigenous leadership and their impact on the group

c. ensuring that indigenous leaders have the support of all group members

d. asserting identified leaders positions as indigenous leaders begin to emerge

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: How Practitioners Affect Development

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. If members are critical of or reject the past behavior of another member, one way to build cohesiveness is to build empathy by ______.

a. exploring the fact that the individual was likely not responsible for their actions

b. supporting members in overcoming their rejection of the behavior

c. moving on from this conversation and focusing on things that members like about one another

d. identifying factors that led to this behavior while also identifying strengths and positive actions

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Enhancing Cohesiveness

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. When members experience conflict and are encouraged to identify their interests, rather than their positions, and work toward findings ways to meet common interests, this situation reflects the principles of ______.

a. negotiation

b. group dialogue

c. democracy

d. tolerance

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Resolving Conflicts

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. As social justice group work progresses, members often shift from a focus on changing themselves toward ______ .

a. efforts to build relationships within the group

b. emphasis on using their new skills to help their peers

c. reliance on one another to maintain changes that have been made

d. efforts to change unjust systems or circumstances relevant to their needs

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Strengthening Awareness of Social Justice/Injustice

Difficulty Level: Hard

9. Which of the following has been identified as a unique and important middle stage of development in group work with women?

a. acknowledging the impact of patriarchy

b. responding to role expectations

c. establishing a relational base

d. acknowledging and responding to conflict

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Gender Issues

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. According to the text, social justice issues are likely to emerge at ______ of the group development process.

a. early stages

b. middle stages

c. all stages

d. late stages

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Summary

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. Group development is a linear process.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Is there such a thing as phases or stages?

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Stigma associated with attending a group is an example of an environmental influence on group development.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Environmental Factors

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Positive effects at the individual level are not an outcome of self-directed groups.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: How Social Justice Issues Enter into Phases and Stages

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Failure to address injustices that exist within a group’s environmental or social context can halt the group’s development.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Strengthening Awareness of Social Justice/Injustice

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. According to the text, workers facilitating groups with prescribed content or manuals should seek to blend this content with purposes and activities that are self-determined by the group.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Degree of Structure of Content

Difficulty Level: Medium