Description
This unique text uses group development as an organizing principle, offering students a far more dynamic view of groups and helping them understand that group processes operate differently at different points in a group's life cycle and in various types of groups.
Group Processes is an accessible, research-based book on how groups develop and function. Grounded in theory and research, the text is written in a straightforward way with practical examples integrated throughout to hold student interest. It offers more than just an understanding of group phenomena; it also provides strategies to enhance the functioning of groups of which students are a part. It stresses how knowledge of group development can be applied to work groups, therapy groups, learning groups, and many others.
Table of Contents
1. Are Groups Real?
2. Models of Group Development.
3. Elements of Group Culture and Structure.
4. Stage One: Dependency and Inclusion.
5. Stage Two: Counterdependency and Fight.
6. Stage Three: Trust and Structure.
7. Stage Four and Five: Work and Termination.
8. The Individual and the Group.
9. Groups, Organizations, and Society.
10. Studying Groups: Who, What, Where?
11. Studying Groups: How?
12. Therapy, Counseling, and Personal Growth Groups.
13. Skills Training Groups.
14. Work Groups.