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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The student and the professor had a confrontation about which of the following?
(a) Labs.
(b) Homework.
(c) Tardiness.
(d) Exam.

2. The doctor believes in using which of the following as a primary means of treating his patients?
(a) Immersion therapy.
(b) Automatic writing.
(c) Self-hypnosis.
(d) Trance state.

3. Erickson believes in doing what to help his patients heal?
(a) Introducing psychotherapy.
(b) Prescribing medications.
(c) Ignoring them.
(d) Guiding them.

4. Erickson does not believe in using which of the following to get his patients to change?
(a) Force.
(b) Coercion.
(c) Mind games.
(d) Bribes.

5. Trauma may be responsible for causing what kind of mental states in a patient?
(a) Fluid.
(b) Absent.
(c) Neurotic.
(d) Erratic.

Short Answer Questions

1. The woman in the story found her routine medical treatments to be:

2. If a person says he cannot be put into a trance, Erickson says that the person is most likely:

3. How many surgeries did the woman have to have in order to recover from her problems?

4. Another way in which a patient may be treated for a particularly difficult problem is by using the tool of:

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is automatic writing? What is the process? How is it helpful?

2. The author includes a large number of examples featuring patients who are unaware of what actions? What kinds of results might there be from these particular actions?

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

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

5. What is automatic behavior? How can it be used to help patients?

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

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

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

9. What does Erickson say about forgetting the skill and the skills one possesses?

10. The author talks about rapport and relating to another person. Why should one strive to build rapport?

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