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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Another patient was afraid to walk on which of the following?
(a) Ice.
(b) Water.
(c) Grass.
(d) Hot coals.

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

3. Hopefully, a patient will do what when participating in treatment?
(a) Be cured.
(b) Pay the bill.
(c) Go into a trance.
(d) Respond.

4. Erickson also believes that a person's experiences do not have to be guided by which of the following:
(a) Stage fright.
(b) Fear.
(c) Self-sabotage.
(d) Anger.

5. There are some people who may not be able to easily respond to treatment if they tend to:
(a) Intellectualize.
(b) Criticize.
(c) Analyze.
(d) Hypothesize.

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

7. There is a lot to be said for which of the following:
(a) Wit.
(b) Education.
(c) Listening.
(d) Stubbornness.

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

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

10. Some people are able to recover from serious illnesses by simply refusing to do what?
(a) Have surgery.
(b) Listen to the doctors.
(c) Take medicine.
(d) Give in.

11. One of Erickson's patients was desperate to do which of the following?
(a) Speak French.
(b) Stop smoking.
(c) Lose weight.
(d) Learn to drive.

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

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

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

15. What was the secondary issue faced by the woman?
(a) Refusing to balance her checkbook.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Lying.
(d) Refusing to keep house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is often used as a stepping stone to bigger and better things in therapy?

2. While in meditation, what thing did the man discover that he had not noticed before?

3. Following Erickson's advice, the woman who wanted to lose weight found that it was:

4. How long was the couple married?

5. The doctor believed that a patient will only succeed if s/he has which of the following:

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