week 2

Question 1

strategies for improving communication

Answer 1

plan ahead

Question 2

what are the types of knowledge

Answer 2

technical knowledge

tacit knowledge

Question 3

what is technical knowledge

Answer 3

empirical knowledge/scientific
prioritises rational, logical processes
applying scientific biomedical knowledge to ones practice

Question 4

what is the tacit knowledge

Answer 4

assumed/implicit knowledge

based on practice/experience

Question 5

what is reflection

Answer 5

a process of thinking, feeling, imagining, and learning by considering the past, what might have happened if things were done differently.

Question 6

why practice critical reflection?

Answer 6

enables practitioners to reflect and build on their knowledge and skills
improves awareness and insight

Question 7

what is a challenge to critical reflection?

Answer 7

varying learning styles

Question 8

what are the types of learning styles?

Answer 8

activist
reflector
theorist
pragmatist

Question 9

what is the activist learning style?

Answer 9

quick to act, doers who like new experiences

Question 10

what is the reflector learning style?

Answer 10

stand back, observe, collect data before making decision

Question 11

what is the theorist learning style?

Answer 11

analytical people think things through step by step

Question 12

what is the pragmatist learning style>

Answer 12

experimental, try things out to see how they work in practice, problem-solver

Question 13

what are the advantages for group work?

Answer 13

synergy 
creativity 
interpersonal needs
division of tasks 
division of expertise

Question 14

what are the disadvantages to group communication?

Answer 14

groupthink 
interpersonal conflict 
social loafing 
division of tasks 
lack of common ground

Question 15

what are the layers to reflection in action?

Answer 15

meta-reflection on the reflection (thinking about thinking about doing)
reflection on the intervention (thinking about doing)
intervention (intuitive doing)

Question 16

what is reflection on action?

Answer 16

happens afterwards

can inform future practice

Question 17

what is reflection in action

Answer 17

happens in the moment
weave between thinking and doing
allows for experimentation in action and making adjustments

Question 18

what tools support reflection?

Answer 18

supervision
journaling 
peer support 
therapy 
professional development

Question 19

what reflective framework should be used?

Answer 19

what
so what
now what

Question 20

what is a task role?

Answer 20

any role that actually helps the group achieve its goal

Question 21

what is a maintenance role?

Answer 21

roles that allow the group to function more generally

Question 22

what are examples of task roles?

Answer 22

resource investigator

implementer

Question 23

what does the implementer in the group do?

Answer 23

the principle decision maker

Question 24

what does the resource investigator in the group do?

Answer 24

sources information and collaborates with people outside of the group

Question 25

what are some examples of maintenance roles in the group?

Answer 25

monitor evaluator

supporter

Question 26

what does the monitor evaluator in the group do?

Answer 26

critiques and evaluates plans

Question 27

what does the supporter in the group do?

Answer 27

assesses the groups mood and provides support

Question 28

what is a group norm? what does it do?

Answer 28

a standard of behaviour or an expectation that, when adhered to, can reduce uncertainty and improve cohesion in the group

Question 29

why do groups need norms

Answer 29

so members know what is expected of them and so the group is able to function with a sense of organisation and predictability

Question 30

what are the stages of group development

Answer 30

dependency and inclusion (forming)
counter-dependency and fight (storming)
trust and structure (norming)
work (performing)
termination (adjourning)

Question 31

what does the forming stage represent in group development (dependency and inclusion)

Answer 31

early days of the group formation where members need to develop a shared identity or common interest

Question 32

what does the storming stage represent in group development (counter-dependency and fight)

Answer 32

group members feel more confident communicating honestly therefore conflicts can appear

Question 33

what does the norming stage represent in group development (trust and structure)

Answer 33

group members begin to vocalise their shared purpose or common goal
group members develop a sense of identity

Question 34

what does the adjourning stage represent in group development (termination)

Answer 34

group has completed task

Question 35

what is synergy?

Answer 35

when the groups output is greater than the sum of the individuals contributions

Question 36

what is social loafing

Answer 36

when group members avoid contributing to the groups tasks thereby requiring other group members to complete their work

Question 37

what is groupthink?

Answer 37

a situation that occurs when group members unconsciously exert pressure on each other to behave in the groups best interest and never say or do anything that would go against the interest of the group (nobody thinks for themselves pretty much)

Question 38

what are the leadership styles

Answer 38

authoritarian
democratic
laissez-faire

Question 39

what is an authoritarian leader?

Answer 39

someone who gives themselves superiority over others in the group

Question 40

what is a democratic leader?

Answer 40

democratic leaders often partake like a group member giving the members autonomy

Question 41

what is a laissez-faire leader?

Answer 41

a leader who takes a hands off approach

they are physically present but give the group no direction

Question 42

what leadership leads to the most satisfaction

Answer 42

democratic

Question 43

is group think good for the group?

Answer 43

no