A patient tells the members of the inpatient therapy group that he hears voices saying his doctor is going to poison him. Another patient replies, "I used to hear voices too. They sounded real, but I found out later they were my imagination
The voices you hear are not real either.". Which phenomenon common to groups is exemplified in this interchange? a. Ventilation
b. Universality
c. Imitative behavior
d. Interpersonal learning
D
Here a member gains insight into his own experiences from hearing about the experiences of others through interpersonal learning. Ventilation refers to expressing feelings. Universality refers to members realizing their feelings are common to most people and not abnormal. Imitative behavior involves copying or borrowing the adaptive behavior of others.
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A) Encoding B) Feedback C) Decoding D) Channeling
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a. true b. false
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