Human Observation Project General Psychology Psyc 2301 Jazmin Rolon 20 August 2012 I. Problem: Prosocial behavior refers to "voluntary actions that are intended to help or benefit another individual or group of individuals" (Eisenberg and Mussen 1989). This definition refers to consequences of the people who do the actions rather than the motivations behind those actions. These behaviors include a broad range of activities: sharing‚ comforting‚ rescuing‚ and helping. Though
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Journal: Group Observation (a) Describe an event that occurred during the group meeting. The group started with the usual check-in and summarizing what happened at the previous session. Next‚ the group facilitator asked members to review their goals for the meeting. Three group members expressed their concerns with having difficulties with managing anger and frustration‚ so the discussion focused on exploring emotional issues related to these emotions. (b) Inferences: Speculate on possible explanations
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Group Observation April 30‚ 2011 Suzette Williams Dr. Susan Kinsella I chose to observe a sex offenders group at office of an association of licensed professional counselors in Hinesville‚ Georgia. The group consisted of 9 sex offenders and the counselor‚ who was a woman‚ and myself. The group meet in the evening and everyone was present and on time. We sat in a circle‚ and I was introduced. I had to sign a confidentiality agreement‚ and the guys signed something stating they didn’t mind
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Group Observation Paper Introduction: Groups talk about goals in different ways‚ using different words. Some groups have major and minor goals or meta- and micro-goals; others divide goals into mission‚ purpose or goal‚ and objectives‚ while other groups talk about aims and expectations. A group is strengthened to the extent it has clear goals and all members know what their roles are in helping to achieve them (Dimock and Kass‚ 2008‚ p.62-63). My placement is currently in the Mental Health
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Lisa Smart Kim Lane Group Process 3/8/13 Paper 1 Group Observation The group I chose to observe was an alcoholics anonymous group. I chose this as the group to observe because it relates to this field of work and also I have family members whom I attend meetings with for support. There are different types of AA groups. The most common two are open meetings‚ and closed meetings. Open meetings are meetings where speakers tell how they drank‚ how they discovered AA‚ and how its program has
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My service learning project was Carestream Charity‚ this non profit organization group brings together hairstylist and volunteers throughout the Vegas Valley and provides many different services to the less fortunate. (February 21 2017 total of 8 hours) One of the events I was able to attend was haircuts for K-12 age students that are either homeless or are living in a shelter. This event provided haircut for over 500 students in the Valley that is a massive amount of children that are either living
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Observation of Groups: Community and Professional Tammy Abraham Purdue University Calumet Observation of Groups: Community and Professional A baccalaureate prepared nurse needs to be able to function in many capacities. One such capacity is as a leader and communicator within groups whether community based or professional. Community groups include educational and support type groups. Professional groups include policy and procedure type committees. I had the privilege of attending an informal
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The group that I choose to observe was an AA group that is located in Pearland TX‚ and meets every Wednesday and Sunday from 7:00pm to 8:00 pm. The group meets at a church called Central Church of Christ. During my initial visit‚ I made sure I arrived 30 minutes early to talk to the facilitator and ask permission to observe. I was actually very impressed to speak to the facilitator Nadine she could not disclose her last name as the individuals that are participating and herself wished to maintain
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Group work in the Human Services Field Introduction Group work has been cited as playing an integral role in ensuring that people achieve more collaboratively than working as individuals. In addition‚ group work has been perceived as a robust mechanism of helping people attain some novel skills and specific goals‚ mostly when a group is founded upon a particular objective. Nonetheless‚ despite these benefits attributed to working in groups‚ it is imperative to be cognizant of the fact that in many
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Post Observation Questions 1. Each person played a number of roles‚ and some roles everyone did. Fortunately‚ far more of the positive roles were filled than the negative roles. Played the role of the supporter/encourager. Was the harmonizer between all of us‚ as she was easily the most neutral and calm person among us. Tension relievers were both X and Y. Y’s tension relief sometimes went so far as to stretch into the dysfunctional joker role‚ as well. X‚ Y‚ and Z were the gatekeepers‚ as
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