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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What commonly causes athletes to get into their trance states?

2. Rapport is the way one can develop which of the following?

3. Erickson states that trances can be which of the following?

4. People in a trance state may be willing to do something silly such as:

5. The doctor believes in using which of the following as a primary means of treating his patients?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the crux and purpose of MY VOICE WILL GO WITH YOU by Sidney Rosen?

2. What is Erickson's primary method of treatment? What tool is used to treat the patient? What is the purpose?

3. Erickson chose to forge his own way in the practice of hypnotherapy by developing what? What were the developments designed to do?

4. What was Arthur's offer to the professor and the dean? What was the result?

5. What is a common misconception about being put into a trance state? Can someone cause another to do something illegal or immoral while in a trance?

6. Explain one of the doctor's main tenets of practice and the theory behind it. How does this main tenet work into the patient's overall treatment plan?

7. Erickson often received criticism for his methods of practice. Who gave out the criticism and what was the main complaint?

8. What is mentioned as being a way for a patient to block success in treatment? What is one way in which the problem can be solved?

9. Is it possible to recover from a set of forgotten skills? What example is used?

10. What does it mean to be in a trance? What kind of person or activity is most likely to experience the state?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Erickson's views on rapport and the benefits of attentiveness. How are they related? Why are these things important? Are these skills one must learn or are they innate? If they are learned, how does one develop the skill? If innate, what causes one to know when and how to do them? Give an example of when developing rapport or paying attention has benefited you. Give a second example of an incident in which the skills would have been beneficial if you had used one or both of them.

Essay Topic 2

Marrying truisms and possibilities has proven to be an effective method that has brought about great success for Erickson's patients. Examine in detail the story about the athlete who went on to win Olympic gold through this technique. How can marrying those two things help you to succeed in your daily life? In what area would the skill be used best?

Essay Topic 3

"It's just like riding a bike" is an old adage used by the author to refer to "forgotten" skills. What are forgotten skills? How is it possible to forget a skill? What could cause one to remember it? Would it be a matter of necessity, memory, or physical memory? What is physical or cell memory? How is it triggered? What does it do? How can it be helpful? What forgotten skills do you possess? Could you teach those skills to someone who does not have them? How?

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