NAME: Dominique L.

Yañez
SUBJECT: Group Process and Counseling
MODULE NUMBER + NAME OF ACTIVITY: Module_1 (10) + Module 1 Activity
DATE SUBMITTED: July 31, 2018
1. A group, in my own definition, is a set of people or group of individuals that interact with
each other with different attitudes, behaviors and personality yet have the similar goals
and objectives either to improve or to impair individual members and the community
consciously and subconsciously.
2. There are two possible answers to this question.
One is “Man can do better without joining groups”. This statement is rooted in the
understanding that several groups have different goals and these goals, at times, are
brought about by uniformity and later conformity (e.g., hazing in fraternities and sororities)
which inflict harm and loss of individuality of a member of these kinds of groups. I
understand that different groups come with different purposes. These types of groups as
fraternities and sororities, however, may reach their purpose to serve the community but
to get there, there is quite a question since some of these groups conduct hazing activities
and there is no direct link between hazing and community service. This is where I find an
oddity in these types of groups. Members of these groups may say they belong and they
have “friends” in these groups or maybe I may just be stereotyping them. Nevertheless,
there is some truth found in my rationale.
On the other hand, “Man cannot do better without joining groups”. Consider a family. A
family is composed of individuals with different attitudes, behaviors and personality.
Ideally, no family has the intention to solely wreck one of its member’s life. Instead family
members lift each other. This comprehension is based on the knowledge that a family can
be considered as a group. Furthermore, according to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs that
man’s feeling to belong to a group is a need that is accomplished by succeeding the
physiologic need. Man look forward to belong to a group where he or she can either
improve his or her capabilities or do otherwise. Hence, the statement.
3. A group influence is recognized by means of similar behavioral patterns found in the
members of a particular group. Let us consider a group of student friends (aka barkada)
who are being investigated for drinking alcoholic beverages which is prohibited by the
school. The members of this group have two options: to tell or not to tell the truth. With
peer pressure, the group is likely to keep the truth from authorized persons for the purpose
of keeping a friend “out of danger” so to speak. Defense mechanism behaviors may be
evident among the members of the group.