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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. Erickson states that therapy may:
(a) Cure part of the problem.
(b) Not work.
(c) Be 100% successful.
(d) Make things worse.

2. When patients start therapy, it is common for at least some of them to act in what way?
(a) Defiant.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Over-eager.
(d) Rude.

3. What is used as an example to support the above statement?
(a) Riding a bike.
(b) Walking.
(c) Driving.
(d) Swimming.

4. Earlier in the text, Erickson convinced the athlete that he could move forward, at first by using what measurement?
(a) 1".
(b) 1/4".
(c) 1/2".
(d) 1/16".

5. Surprisingly, Erickson did just the opposite of what one might think. According to the text, Erickson did not tell the man to:
(a) Join group therapy.
(b) Stop.
(c) Quit his job.
(d) Try hypnosis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Erickson talks about patients overcoming which of the following:

3. It is important for a patient to learn how to combine possibilities with which of the following:

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

5. Erickson was fond of using one particular skill in his practice while diagnosing patients. What was that skill?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the story about Erickson and the athlete and how Erickson's work helped to vastly improve the young man's performance.

2. What did Erickson mean when he said that direct therapy may not always work? What can make it work?

3. What are the doctor's thoughts about experiential learning?

4. What is the doctor's opinion on the difference between theory and practice? What ensures the best end result?

5. Explain the process of "reframing;' and how it changes a person's outlook.

6. What is the best way for a person to make accomplishments in his/her life?

7. Discuss the last case in the book about the woman who ignored her children. How did Erickson help her?

8. What is two main things were connected in the story about the athlete? How did the combination affect the athlete's performance?

9. Who is Victor Frankl? What makes his story an unusual one?

10. Why is it stated that children are like empty slates? What does that mean?

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