Compare and contrast the major concerns of a task group and a personally focused group. Be sure to describe the differences between the groups’ foci.
What will be an ideal response?
Students should discuss that the major concern of a task or work group is on accomplishing tasks and goals set out to the group. Students should mention that attention to personal relations usually plays a supportive role. Students should discuss that the major concern of a personally focused group, such as a therapy group, is on individual and relationship growth, development and change, which largely result from member interaction with each other. The students should mention that attention to task functions usually takes a supportive role.
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. one-quarter b. one-tenth c. one-half d. one-third
This same women further reported many memories of running home from school excited to tell her parents about the day's events and longing to have contact with them to only find her parents passed out from alcohol abuse or unpredictably and frighteningly abusive toward her. Not surprisingly, she reported panic-like bouts of anxiety before coming to her second and third therapy sessions and
whenever she seemed to be looking forward to potentially satisfying social connections and thus worked hard to avoid thinking about such experiences. This is known as: a. phobic avoidance. b. negative reinforcement. c. implosion repression. d. avoidance repression.
______________ was considered a defense mechanism in which an individual subconsciously attributes his or her unacceptable motives or characteristics onto others.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).