Group Essays

During the group activity, my group and I played with marshmallows and spaghetti sticks. With the marshmallows and spaghetti sticks we had to build some type of structure and as a team we decided to build a tower. The hardest challenge, we faced during our activity was not being able to sit close enough to each other’s. Another challenged we faced was trying to have our tower stay standing in order for it not to collapse. The easiest part for us was determining what we were going to build. We

Introduction The effectiveness of a group is dependent on various contextual and individual factors including but not limited to the setting, its members and leadership style. As this paper will demonstrate, the reason this particular group was so effective in its purpose was because both the participants and the environment were not only complimentary, but also heartening to the therapeutic alliance. The members of this psychoeducational group were selected on their common interest of becoming

As a whole, I believe the group worked well together by communicating and providing feedback throughout the whole process. Each group member did their share of their work and contributed as a whole to any discussion or questions we had as a group. In the process of brainstorming, Christopher discussed the topic about nuclear weapons and how it’s a big issue in today’s world not just in America but globally across the world. We agreed on the topic since all of us had an idea about the issue with

My group as a whole worked very well, for the most part. While our group had five members, often times it was as if there were only four of us. By this I mean that Madason, Megan, Becca, and I. We were generally always present during class, which allowed for us to effectively work together and communicate. We also effectively communicated outside of class and were always working hard to always be present in order to help the group. When we made plans for outside of class, the four of us always

The group in which I was assigned was group number one, it consisted of Amber Wells, Taquita Mosby, Nicole Worlds, and myself Katrina Long. The subject that was given to our group for the signature assignment was the issue of homelessness, upon receiving our subject immediately the ladies and I started brainstorming ideas to make this project come to life. There were a lot of entities that went into developing our grassroots organization, I learned that to start an organization it takes a lot of

Group Experience Reflection: Answer ALL 1. Explain how you helped members of your seminar team maximize their contribution to the seminar. I helped my team members of my seminar group to maximize their contribution to the seminar by organizing their parts and evenly distributed the work. By evenly distributing the work each team member can maximize their contribution into the seminar. I helped my team members maximize their contribution by assigning responsibility that are to done at a certain

Was it a group agreement that your team needed? That sounds like it is more around actions. What about finding out what inspired group members and creating a group vision? mission? Did you move to execution before you had a liveable breathable vision? I truly believe our group needed a team agreement because half of my group members weren't fully committed in doing their responsibilities. And yes, it is mostly action. For example, in the last meeting before the event the executive producer stated

could help each other to function better as a group – both with narrowing down the subject and problem area, but not only that; we also learned ways to utilize the different individuals, in the groups, strengths and how we should help each other with our different weaknesses as well. Some of the tools should be common knowledge, but talking and hearing about it, from both the teacher as well as the group, defined the basics with which we make our group work. Roles of Individuals One really useful

range of group such as family, friends, working colleague, social group. Group is a number of individuals who work interdependently to achieve a common goal and group dynamics is the interaction between two or more people within the group settings. It is the behaviour of the group members, how they work, which impacts the performance of the group (Cronin et al. 2011). The interpersonal skills and behaviour of the group member results either doing well or harming overall outcome of the group (Whatley

Starting the group work, I was nervous, as this was our first group project which contributed heavily to our overall grade. My main concern was that it would be hard to gather the five of us together to get the work done; I was also concerned that 5 people trying to get across different ideas may lead to arguments, or people feeling pushed out. However, looking back these concerns were not a big deal, we worked very well together as group and I feel everyone had significant input of ideas for creating

deliberative dialogue assignment, a few qualities of our group really stood out to me. One was how quickly we went through the stages of group development. Since the group had such great chemistry, we were able to quickly become comfortable with one another. Each member was able to freely express their thoughts and provide their input, no matter what role they were in. Every individual was able to find a role that suited them in his group. The way in which we were led allowed us to express our opinions

Group 3C Review Group 3C did a great job presenting their article. I was able to completely understand the article with all figures and information they provided. I really liked how this group had notes under their slides that went along with what the presenter was saying. This made easier for the reader to follow. Also, this group had a lot of visuals that enhanced the aesthetics of their presentation. Personally, I would have added a theme to the slides to make it more appealing to the reader

An objection to group treatment is that it could inspire members’ conformity and dependency. Influenced by the pressure from the rest of the group one of the teens could change a healthy behavior or manful opinions due to real or imagined pressure from members, which becomes conformity. On the other hand, groups can foster dependent personality among members. The dependent personality is compliant, passive, suggestible, sensitive to what others want, yielding to other's opinions, needy to have others

My Personal Group Experience: Assignment: “Homosexuality” Our group met and discussed our assignment, “Homosexuality”. I thought the way the assignments for the topics was made was fair and equitable and helped to create a diverse group with no bias towards the topics. The group met during our assigned time period and I offered to serve as facilitator to get the discussion going. Our discussion regarding the topic and the assigning of each individual discussion question evolved in what I consider

The type of group I feel would be the most challenging to lead would be, counseling and therapy groups, which focuses on teenage sexual perversion in males. Since the fact that many of the sexual offenders are court mandated may not be forth coming in sharing their feelings, and experiences. In a group setting a client may feel vulnerable in discussing what they had done, court involvement, and their charges. In a group setting dealing with teenage sexual pervasion some client’s may feel that they

The group I have decided to write my group observation paper on is my old folk dancing group. I am no longer part of this group but I have remained in contact with my former coach for that class. They are a group of 6 or more boys and girls who work together towards a common goal which is Serbian folk dancing. They have to work together to dance in the same formation and help each other if someone is struggling. They all know they belong to a group because they would not be able to perform if one

Reflection of Module 1 I will be discussing What is Group Process and my different role(s) within the group(s) during in-class exercises. I will also discuss Reflective thinking process and Synergistic Decision Making. Group Process As described by the article What is Group Process, (Perlmutter, J. 2018). Group Process is when we observe how a group handles its communication and relationships while the group works. Dimension of Group Process include Participation, Influence, Style of Influence

experience of group dynamics and how it has played a significant role in the development of teamwork, and how it has had an affect on myself personally. I will take what I have learned in my classes at SMSU as well as my opportunity to play for the SMSU wheelchair basketball team as examples. Having the opportunity to not only attend SMSU as a student, but as an athlete as well has taught me that when people work together to achieve a common goal, group dynamics is in play. By definition, group dynamics

As this semester continues rapidly, my communication group and I are nearing the end of our project. In this paper, I will discuss the things that I wish my group would have done better and my suggestions for if I had to do it all over again. I will also acknowledge the parts that I think worked well and why. Finally, I will explain the most important lesson I have learned thus far that pertains to working in a small group. Since our volunteer project is scheduled and our final presentation is in

COU 3012 Group Dynamics and Group Skills Dr. Fung Suk Chun Pat Reflection paper Introduction 70 Therapeutic Factor: Catharsis 276 Catharsis is always assumed to be a significant therapeutic factor in the therapeutic process. Through experiencing and expressing both positive and negative feelings freely and receiving supportive feedback in group, members can experience relief from pain, guilt and stress (Yalom, 1995). In the activity Life Journey (生命旅程), I acted