Practitioners Who Work with Groups Might Start the First Session

question 29

Multiple Choice

Practitioners who work with groups might start the first session with the following exercise to help members get acquainted:

• A) Having group members share one of their most shameful moments.
• B) An icebreaker activity such as going around and having each member describe something unique about him/herself.
• C) Having members fill out an anonymous feedback form on what they found useful in the sessions.
• D) Have each member critique another member's ideas.

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Definitions:

Defensive Attribution

A theory suggesting that people attribute unforeseeable actions either to the victim or the perpetrator, in an effort to distance themselves from the possibility of experiencing a similar event.

Actor-Observer Bias

This psychological bias describes a tendency to attribute one’s own actions to external factors, while attributing others’ actions to their character or disposition.

Self-Serving Bias

A common cognitive bias that causes individuals to attribute positive outcomes to their own characteristics and negative outcomes to external factors.

Fundamental Attribution Error

A cognitive bias that leads people to overemphasize personal traits and underestimate situational factors when explaining others' behaviors.