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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. Rapport is the way one can develop which of the following?

2. What does the author say is the best way to describe Erickson's approach to working with his patients?

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

4. Erickson is a big believer in learning how to establish _____ with another person.

5. Trauma may be responsible for causing what kind of mental states in a patient?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is mentioned as being a way for a patient to block success in treatment? What is one way in which the problem can be solved?

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

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

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

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

6. What is a common misconception about being put into a trance state? Can someone cause another to do something illegal or immoral while in a trance?

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

8. What kind of information is given to the reader through the use of discussion regarding Erickson's techniques?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Marrying truisms and possibilities has proven to be an effective method that has brought about great success for Erickson's patients. Examine in detail the story about the athlete who went on to win Olympic gold through this technique. How can marrying those two things help you to succeed in your daily life? In what area would the skill be used best?

Essay Topic 2

"It's just like riding a bike" is an old adage used by the author to refer to "forgotten" skills. What are forgotten skills? How is it possible to forget a skill? What could cause one to remember it? Would it be a matter of necessity, memory, or physical memory? What is physical or cell memory? How is it triggered? What does it do? How can it be helpful? What forgotten skills do you possess? Could you teach those skills to someone who does not have them? How?

Essay Topic 3

The author states that values and self-discipline are not things that are easily learned. Compare and contrast the two as they are referenced in the text. Which is more important? Are they related? Can one work without the other? If so, how? If not, why? In what areas would these items best be used? Is there a difference between values and morals? Is there a difference between self-control and self-discipline? Is there a difference between self-discipline and willpower? Explain.

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