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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. Earlier in the text, Erickson convinced the athlete that he could move forward, at first by using what measurement?

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

3. Erickson was adept at getting patients to overcome which of the following?

4. How much weight was the woman required to gain according to Erickson?

5. What was the secondary issue faced by the woman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one tool that often helps the therapy along, even when the patient is resistant?

2. According to Erickson, there is a particular way to overcome limitations. What is the method?

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

4. Explain how Frankl used the method of reframing in his daily life.

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

6. It is stated that there's a lot to be said for stubbornness. What is the example used regarding stubbornness and illness?

7. Explain how one of Erickson's techniques helped a man to overcome a fear of walking across ice.

8. Describe the example of this tool as it involved the allergist and heroin addict.

9. How can a person learn from the behaviors and actions of children?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Automatic writing is one way in which a person can uncover unconscious or subconscious facts, behaviors, thoughts and feelings. What is the difference between unconscious and subconscious realizations? Have you ever experienced either? If so, what? As a class, choose a topic that might be well served by being address by automatic writing. Write at least one page using automatic writing. What was revealed? Would you recommend the technique? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

"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?

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