Reflection Paper On Being In A Group

What occupation did your group session address? What was the goal for group session? The occupation addressed was meal prep/setup and leisure participation. The goal was to utilize their long term memory and motivate them to recall positive, emotional memories.

We all remember those boring days back in middle school where the worksheets were given out everyday, and you were just waiting for that beautiful sound of the two words “group work” to run through your ears and brighten up your day. It just made you want to jump out of your seat and start working because of how excited you were. In my opinion, group work is something that I must strongly agree with because it helps with so many things including teaching different real life skills, lets you have fun, and helps you meet new

In the current scenario, we are now a focused group of 60 members being lead by a very effective and efficient team leader. Our team leader is more of an authoritative team leader who gives an equal dose of control with effective and efficient interpersonal warmth. The members are always very attentive towards their team leader. They follow the instructions with finesse and complete the work within stipulated time and with utmost efficiency. It may be said that together the team works as a team when it comes to the execution of assigned work done.

The idea of a “band mentality” has been around since before humans have existed. In chimpanzees, our closest common ancestor, the group follows a dominant male, while interacting among the group based on who they like or dislike. Early humans were separated into small bands of hunters for both protection and aid in killing prey. The most experienced hunter led the attack, and it was important to have people who accepted his opinion and listened to him. Humans, in small groups of friends or family, still show this sort of band mentality. They will interact based upon who shares their same interests and feelings about the other people in the group. This way of thinking changed dramatically

Groupthink is a problem that happens when individuals within a group go with the status quo in order to maintain harmony between the members. The outcome of groupthink results in poor-decision making by the group as a whole in order for members to avoid confrontation. Therefore, decisions are made by group members without other options being critically evaluated in order to reduce conflict and reach an agreement. Since individuals want to avoid raising issues that are controversial or find alternative solutions, there is a loss of independent thinking, individuality, and creativeness that happens when members fall victim to groupthink. The unintended consequence of groupthink leads to dysfunction within the groups dynamics because members believe

I will start with the beginning of our group progress. So first day 04/26/18, there were only Eldan, Marni, me and Mike. Some of the students switched their group so that is the reason why were only four, yet some of them were just absent. We talked about what we want to do general and ideas of what we should do. The second day, there were six students. Although Marni did not come to class to show her presence, she was with us in the library third floor. We decided that day that it is best if we divide our parts. We specified our jobs and was clear about what we will do. The third meeting, I was absent but since I knew what was my responsibility, I ended up doing my work at home. Plus, I let them know that I will not make it to our meeting through our group message and told them to let me know if I missed anything important. The next meeting, a lot of students were late but we meet on the third floor again. This time, we changed things a little bit. Plus, we had new group member named Alyssa. She became important group member from that day. Also, we planned to add literary terms and we had one term for each person. Since we were seven students that day, we had seven literary terms. We were thinking if each of us will do our powerpoint until Kahmari volunteered to do the powerpoint himself and we just had to do our parts and send it to him. After the meeting, we all

For two weeks I had been researching for a group project. We were studying the different organ systems in the body and my group had been assigned the Circulatory system. I remember thinking that this project was the most ridiculous assignment. What could I possibly learn about the heart that I did not already know? By the end of this project I found that the answer to that question would take a lifetime to answer. That was something I was determined to do. This group project had given me excitement, something I had never experienced in a classroom.

As the leader of the group leader, I would have to be extremely careful when working with transference and counter transference. I would not get defensive if I noticed the member of the group being negative towards me in the open, and I would utilize my self-reflection techniques to question myself about what is going on in the group in efforts to not put what is happening in the group on the group, but to search within myself for answers. I would also speak with one of my mentors about what is taking place within the group.

By reading all of our group summaries, I was able to identified the important point of all the chapters read. For example, all the chapters mentioned the implementation of a writing workshop in a classroom. Chapter twenty-one explained the challenges that teachers face when they try to run a writing workshop and follow a curriculum. However, the author explains that following a curriculum does not have to get in the way of the writing workshop. The goal of the writing workshop is to establish an ongoing workshop where students will initiate, pursue, and help each other. Another point that was mentioned in this chapter was that it is more important to have variety on writing assignment, than focusing more on spelling and grammar.

Today, I co-facilitated a group at the alternative school. I began the group with a recap of what was discussed last week, and I asked the members to name one thing they took from the group on last week. One member stated she learned how to demonstrate self-control when she is angry. Another member stated he also learned how to demonstrate self-control. He gave an example that occurred this weekend. He stated he got into trouble at home, and his mother made him angry. He stated instead of “going off”, he took a deep breath and walked away. He stated he went in his room to calm down. I felt successful in being able to assist the members with identify coping skills they can utilize when they are angry. It was very rewarding to hear the members disclose what they learned in last session, and how they have utilized at least one of their coping skills since last time we met.

During our small group discussion we didn't have one leader, we worked as a group to come to an agreement. We used the "team player" form of leadership. We wanted to keep and maintain harmony through the whole activity. This was very effective and allowed us to get done in 20 minutes.

Small groups can be seen everywhere. Their initial purpose can range from a family deciding what to have for dinner to the President and his staff deciding whether to go to war or not. At first when I was asked what small groups I had been, or are currently apart of the only group I could think of was my family. They were the first group I was ever apart of and the longest group I will ever be in. After hearing other examples of small groups I realized that I was a part of many more than just one small group. I have been a part of countless small groups throughout my life without even realizing it. My skill level has of course, varied depending on the purpose of the group and how long I had been a member. In general I believe that I am a very

Group therapy is an important aspect in the treatment process for many psychological disorders. Group therapy consists of two or more people engaged in a therapeutic session at the same time. The goals of group therapy are dependent upon which type and form the group is. There are three types of groups; the task group, the midrange group, and the process group. Within these types, four basic forms of groups exist; the activity, the support, the problem-solving and psychoeducational, and the psychodynamic.

The need to affiliate with others and to be accepted by them is hypothesized to be as basic to our psychological well being as hunger and thirst are to our physical well being (Raviester and Leary, 1995). (Meeting, Liking, and Becoming Acquainted, SPT Reader P. 50) One doesn’t begin to realize how important social interaction is until it is gone. Each individual seeks some sort of relationship throughout his or her lives, even as an infant. Relationships are looked as a bond between two individuals, but it is not limited between those two. People all have the need to affiliate, but not all people are the same and differ in the strength of their need for affiliation. When meeting new people in a small group

As I was able to experience group and discuss my goals, as a member and as a leader/co-leader, to be more reserved and pull back from the leadership role would be my most difficult task during the process. The group would teach me to be a better listener and listening would help me build trust with other group members as each session would bring up commonalities amongst us. Throughout the sessions, our group would experience all four stages and toggle back and forth between a few, but we would slowly progress towards being capable of co-leading groups and having to look for less direction from our professor, who acted as the group leader for the majority of the sessions.