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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was Erickson's target?
2. What is the opposite of being in a trance?
3. People will not do anything in a trance that goes against which of the following?
4. What was the main part of the student's system that allowed him to keep remarkable notes?
5. What does Erickson use as an example for a skill learned early in life?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is automatic behavior? How can it be used to help patients?
2. What kind of information is given to the reader through the use of discussion regarding Erickson's techniques?
3. Briefly describe Erickson's approach to dealing with patients on a one-to-one basis.
4. Is it possible to recover from a set of forgotten skills? What example is used?
5. The author talks about rapport and relating to another person. Why should one strive to build rapport?
6. What was Arthur's explanation for his preparedness when it came to taking the professor's test?
7. 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?
8. Explain one of the doctor's main tenets of practice and the theory behind it. How does this main tenet work into the patient's overall treatment plan?
9. What is the crux and purpose of MY VOICE WILL GO WITH YOU by Sidney Rosen?
10. Erickson believes that it may not be necessary to solve an entire problem for the problem to be effectively relived. Explain this theory and to what cases it might best relate.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many famous psychiatrists, hypnotherapists and psychologists have tackled the issue of changing negative behaviors in patients. List at least five famous doctors and/or cases in which negative and/or dangerous behaviors were addressed and "cured" by the techniques referenced by Erickson.
Essay Topic 2
Write a detailed biography of Milton H. Erickson, MD. Include his personal and professional lives, education, techniques, contributions to the field of hypnotherapy, etc.
Essay Topic 3
There is much written about the trance state and its various stages and uses. What are Erickson's beliefs and views on the trance state? What are the various levels of trance? What is the difference between a meditative state and a trance state? Which is more effective: a self-induced trance or one that is guided? Research and write a 1000 word essay on the use of trances and how they affect popular culture, including celebrities.
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