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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Reframing can be easily compared to which other technique employed by therapists?
(a) Reverse psychology.
(b) Negative reinforcement.
(c) Water therapy.
(d) Immersion therapy.

2. What was the name of the man Erickson refers to in regards to reframing?
(a) Finkel.
(b) Frankl.
(c) Winter.
(d) Winkler.

3. Which of the following was one of the man's most difficult issues to confront?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Compulsive spending.
(d) Gambling.

4. Reframing often takes hold when the therapist or practitioner ties the facts with which of the following?
(a) Punishment.
(b) Negatibe behavior.
(c) Reward.
(d) Fear.

5. A person will only change if the desire to do so is:
(a) Spontaneous.
(b) Real.
(c) Imposed by a therapist.
(d) Thought out.

6. Instinct causes people to do what _____.:
(a) Others want.
(b) They want to do.
(c) Comes naturally.
(d) Is learned.

7. The man was also an addict. To which drug was the man addicted?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Cough medicine.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Heroin.

8. The man's focus could easily be referred to as which of the following:
(a) Luck.
(b) Victory.
(c) Fate.
(d) Coincidence.

9. Many patients that go to a therapist claim that they want nothing more than to be:
(a) Cured.
(b) Less obsessed.
(c) Sane.
(d) Better.

10. Erickson worked with an athlete who focused on what area of sports?
(a) Shotput.
(b) Football.
(c) Long jump.
(d) Golf.

11. What is often used as a stepping stone to bigger and better things in therapy?
(a) Crying.
(b) Dream states.
(c) Release of fear.
(d) Mini-breakthroughs.

12. One man in the text is referred to as he wanted to stop indulging in certain behaviors. What was the man's former occupation?
(a) Construction worker.
(b) Salesman.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Police officer.

13. Unlike adults, children are not _______ by previous events.
(a) Tortured.
(b) Affected.
(c) Stricken.
(d) Prejudiced.

14. Erickson uses examples of people who are:
(a) Ill.
(b) Angry.
(c) Confused.
(d) Frustrated.

15. How much weight was the woman required to gain according to Erickson?
(a) 10 lbs.
(b) 15 lbs.
(c) 30 lbs.
(d) 20 lbs.

Short Answer Questions

1. The story of the man who sat in the grass belonged in what profession?

2. The author states that there is a lot to be said for which kind of learning?

3. The man spent most of his time thinking about what one thing while he was undergoing trauma?

4. Erickson was adept at getting patients to overcome which of the following?

5. Where was the man when he began to practice reframing?

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