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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Uncommon Therapy : Chapter 2, The Family Cycle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) "Seeding Ideas".
(c) "Encouraging Resistance".
(d) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".

2. The presence of a child or children creates a variant of the _____, which only grows in complexity with the advent of additional children.
(a) "Bridge of Connection".
(b) "Love triangle".
(c) "Family circle".
(d) "Building blocks".

3. In Chapter 2, the author notes that among humans, the mating style appears to vary _____.
(a) Innately.
(b) Culturally.
(c) Periodically.
(d) According to society.

4. Under which heading in Chapter 2 does Haley explain that what occurs here is that couples are faced with dynamic challenges?
(a) "Extension of Family".
(b) "Premeditated Childbirth".
(c) "Childbirth and Dealing with the Young".
(d) "Marriage and its Consequences".

5. Which heading in Chapter 1 shows how Erickson gets the husband to enter therapy just to straighten out the therapist?
(a) "Encouraging a Response by Frustrating It".
(b) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".
(c) "Emphasizing the Positive".
(d) "Encouraging Resistance".

Short Answer Questions

1. It states in Chapter 2 that therapists often discover that habituated communication problems and other issues, including the involvement of _____, are all highly relevant to the families at this juncture.

2. What is the title of Chapter 1 in the book?

3. Therapy is meant to facilitate the transition of a person from the situation of being a child into being what?

4. It is stated in In Chapter 2 that some, but not all, will naturally ________; others will not. This evidently affects the culture.

5. The period of adolescence that often closely predates major mating activity is one of the most important times for people to do what?

(see the answer key)

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