Chapter 6: Group Therapy

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. The benefits of group therapy include which of the following?

A. Healthy members give lots of advice.

B. Clients know they are not alone in their pain.

C. clients talking about behaviors using, “I have a friend” statements

D. A feeling of judgement is present.

Learning Objective: 6-1: Define group therapy and list the benefits of the group process.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Benefits of the Group Process

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Someone giving good feedback will do which of the following?

A. give advice

B. use “I feel” statements

C. share positives and negatives

D. explain the person’s behavior for them

Learning Objective: 6-3: Discuss how the agenda is shared with each member of the group to provide feedback and run the meeting.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: How to Give Good Feedback

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Which type of group therapy is necessary if the problem is in a relationship?

A. honesty

B. behavior

C. cognitive

D. interpersonal

Learning Objective: 6-3: Discuss how the agenda is shared with each member of the group to provide feedback and run the meeting.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: How to Know Which Therapy to Use

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. The euphoric recall group has which of the following core elements?

A. What the effects felt like (euphoria)?

B. What drugs did “to you” once addiction set in?

C. What did you learn about yourself?

D. What was your best and worst memory?

Learning Objective: 6-4: Summarize the characteristics of the honesty, euphoric recall, and the reading groups.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Euphoric Recall Group

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Environmental situations that make clients vulnerable to use are ______.

A. cues

B. lapses

C. triggers

D. using people; using places

Learning Objective: 6-5: Describe how the relapse prevention group can be successful.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Trigger Group

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. For most individuals, the time period between lapse and relapse is ______.

A. simultaneous

B. within 24 hr

C. within 1 week

D. less than 30 days

Learning Objective: 6-5: Describe how the relapse prevention group can be successful.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Lapse Group

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Per the book, symptoms of impending relapse may include which of the following?

A. unconscious/uncontrollable lying

B. acceptance

C. adamant commitment to recovery

D. clinging to friends/fear of being alone

Learning Objective: 6-5: Describe how the relapse prevention group can be successful.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Lapse Group

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Religion is an organized system of ______ and ______.

A. structure; belief

B. pomp; circumstance

C. faith; worship

D. rules; faith

Learning Objective: 6-6: Define how spirituality and religion are different.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Spirituality Group

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Spirituality deals with three key relationships: ______.

A. Son, Father, and Holy Spirit

B. ourselves, others, and higher power

C. family, vocation, and community

D. sponsor, group, and God

Learning Objective: 6-6: Define how spirituality and religion are different.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Spirituality Group

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. According to the text, prayer is described as ______ while meditation is referred to as ______.

A. religious; spiritual

B. historic; new age

C. kneeling and talking; sitting and reciting mantras

D. talking to God; listening for knowledge of God’s will

Learning Objective: 6-6: Define how spirituality and religion are different.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Eleventh Step Group

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. The great lie is ______.

A. original sin

B. that an alcoholic can drink socially again

C. if you tell people the truth about you, they would not like you

D. addiction

Learning Objective: 6-7: Explain what is meant by the childhood group.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Childhood Group

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. Which of the following is a method of exploring family of origin relationships?

A. rebirthing role play

B. read the letter to peers role playing as healthy parents

C. false memory syndrome

D. hypnosis

Learning Objective: 6-7: Explain what is meant by the childhood group.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: How to Explore Early Parental Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. A group where clients meet to discuss problems they may be having with one another is referred to as ______ group.

A. gender-specific

B. honesty

C. tolerance

D. community

Learning Objective: 6-8: Recognize the differences when working with the men’s group versus the women’s group and compare them with the clients who are in the community group.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Community Group

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. A group where clients meet to evaluate their day is referred to as _____ group.

A. community

B. closure

C. personal inventory

D. 24-hr

Learning Objective: 6-9: Describe the importance of the personal inventory group and the skills training group.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Personal Inventory Group

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. The text describes the empty chair exercise as being an effective tool in the ______ group.

A. interpersonal

B. family

C. honesty

D. meditation

Learning Objective: 6-4: Summarize the characteristics of the honesty, euphoric recall, and the reading groups.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Honesty Group

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. Clients can grow in groups just like in individual therapy.

Learning Objective: 6-1: Define group therapy and list the benefits of the group process.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Group Therapy

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. An “agenda” as described in the book is a current issue or concern of a client that generates emotion.

Learning Objective: 6-3: Discuss how the agenda is shared with each member of the group to provide feedback and run the meeting.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Agenda Group

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. When receiving feedback, it is critical to make no excuses.

Learning Objective: 6-3: Discuss how the agenda is shared with each member of the group to provide feedback and run the meeting.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: How to Receive Feedback

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Spirituality is synonymous with religion.

Learning Objective: 6-6: Define how spirituality and religion are different.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Spirituality Group

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Prayers are described as listening for God’s will.

Learning Objective: 6-6: Define how spirituality and religion are different.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Eleventh Step Group

Difficulty Level: Easy

Short Answer

1. The book indicates it is not good for the clinician to do too much of the talking in group. Why is this? What skills would you use to widen the discussion when one individual is monopolizing?

Learning Objective: 6-3: Discuss how the agenda is shared with each member of the group to provide feedback and run the meeting.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: How to Run a Group

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. What is the preparation statement? What is its purpose?

Learning Objective: 6-2: Describe the importance of preparing for the group and ending the group.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Preparation for the Group

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Behavior, cognitive, and interpersonal therapy groups are all effective with specific problems. How do you know when to use each?

Learning Objective: 6-3: Discuss how the agenda is shared with each member of the group to provide feedback and run the meeting.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: How to Know Which Therapy to Use

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. The book refers to concepts of lapse and relapse? What are the similarities and differences between these concepts?

Learning Objective: 6-5: Describe how the relapse prevention group can be successful.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Relapse Prevention Group

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Gender-specific groups can be effective. Why is this?

Learning Objective: 6-8: Recognize the differences when working with the men’s group versus the women’s group and compare them with the clients who are in the community group.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Men’s Group/Women’s Group

Difficulty Level: Medium