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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. The woman would frequently put her hand up to her face to cover the blemish. Erickson refers to this action as being which of the following?

2. The doctor believes in using which of the following as a primary means of treating his patients?

3. What is one way in which the doctor may be able to break through the patient's issue?

4. The author uses another example of a woman who suffers from:

5. What is the opposite of being in a trance?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Arthur? Why is Arthur's story important to the text presented by Rosen?

3. What was Arthur's offer to the professor and the dean? What was the result?

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

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

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

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

8. Erickson talks about forgotten skills. What does the doctor mean about forgotten skills? What was the example used?

9. How did Arthur and the professor handle the situation?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Everyone has automatic behaviors in certain situations. The behaviors may stem from many issues but are almost always subconscious. What examples of automatic behavior are used in the text? Are the behaviors reasonable? Do you think you have any automatic behaviors? If so, what do they deal with? Do they have any connection to a physical injury like the woman in the book? Are the behaviors triggered by something specific? Ask family and friends for observations on your automatic behaviors. Once conscious of the behaviors, do you notice when you do it? Do you still do the behaviors?

Essay Topic 2

Many people go into therapy wanting to make major changes in their lives, particularly if they are miserable in their current situations. Give at least five examples of things people may want to change, how Erickson would deal with those issues and the results. In what situations would small changes be best? In what situations would major changes take place right away? What is your opinion of small changes versus big changes in behavior?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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