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PSYCH FINAL Take advantage of the benefits of small groups by bringing people into contact with one another

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PSYCH FINAL

1. Take advantage of the benefits of small groups by bringing people into contact with one another. Helps develop interpersonal skills and leads to better relationships.
2. Refers to groups whose primary emphasis is on studying the development of the group and relationships among group members.
3. Focus on the inner conflicts underlying psychological problems. Facilitators may take on the role of a parental figure.
4. People often feel inferior in regard to others because of childrens' early recognition of their dependence on adults. Peoples' neuroses are determined by social factors and are best cured in socail contexts.
5. Acting out past emotional experiences is more involving that discussions of them. Helps group members overcome their reluctance to discuss intimate and upsetting issues.
6. Fritz Perls is recognized as the founder. A person is not fully functioning until past experiences are resolved in some way.
7. Engineer changes in behavior. Members learn self-management skills to control their lives and deal effectively with problems.
8. Helps participants confront the basic "givens" or ultimate concerns of existence (death, freedom, etc.) Assumes that all individuals choose what to make of their circumstances.
9. Developed by Carl Rodgers. Assumes that human beings tend to move toward wholeness and self-actualization without much direction from the facilitator.
10. Based on the assumption that at an early age individuals learn "shoulds", "oughts", and "musts" that could lead to self-defeating beliefs and behaviors.
11. Emphasizes controlling one's behavior to better meet one's needs in one's current relationships. Memebers discuss current behaviors and how to become more effective.
12. Based on the assumption that many psychological problems result from relationships.
13. Also called mutual-support groups. Voluntary groups whose members meet to exchange social support in order to solve or deal with common problems.
14. A preconscious process in which the person has a strong feeling about how something will turn out but does not know how the conclusions were determined.