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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Marriage and Family Dilemmas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author does not mention the issue of whether to ______ when he mentions the matter of marriage.
(a) Divorce.
(b) Parent.
(c) Live separately.
(d) Accept homosexuality.

2. Which technique is rooted in two ideas: that at least many unconscious motives are beneficial and that positive reinforcement is most effective in influencing behavior?
(a) "Emphasizing the Positive".
(b) "Encouraging Resistance".
(c) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".
(d) "Seeding Ideas".

3. One of the most prominent facts about Chapter 5 is that what early in a marriage are a common and readily treatable problem?
(a) Compatibility issues.
(b) Sexual difficulties.
(c) Financial worries.
(d) Dominance difficulties.

4. Erickson does not tell Harold there is anything wrong with _________; he tells Harold that he wants to put Harold into a position to be open to changing or keeping his ideas about himself.
(a) His intellect.
(b) His sexual orientation
(c) His emotions.
(d) His appearance.

5. Once Erickson _____________, he then keeps out of that friendship so that it takes its own natural course.
(a) Helps a patient to establish contact.
(b) Arranges for a client to contact parental figures.
(c) Sets up a date.
(d) Sets up interviews with other clients.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harold would finally happen into a heterosexual relationship with whom?

2. Erickson was able to encourage an "Asthmatic Mama's boy" out of the role of sickly and meek and out into the realm of what?

3. During the 1950s, there was still debate about what in psychotherapy?

4. Which heading in Chapter 1 is shown to help work out residual resistance to desirable changes?

5. Attendance at therapy permits Erickson to instruct the couple through an intervention how to enable them to do what?

(see the answer key)

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