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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Marriage & Family Dilemmas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The one condition on which Erickson allows couples to fight was that they genuinely seek to what?
(a) Not involve their children in their disputes.
(b) Not speak to the therapist as a third party.
(c) Resolve the disagreement in a conclusive and definitive manner.
(d) Not shout.

2. Erickson's method is in contrast to other forms of talk therapy where there is a greater emphasis on __________, and the relationship tends to involve weekly meetings for years on end.
(a) Evaluating the client's emotions.
(b) Understanding the client
(c) Understanding the anxieties of the client.
(d) Evaluating the client's history.

3. If a couple is able to remain civil and reasonably safe and sane in their fighting, Erickson ______.
(a) Asks one member to leave.
(b) Disapproves regardless.
(c) Strongly approves of it,
(d) Encourages it outside the office.

4. One case of Chapter 4 includes a man named Harold who asserts that he is homosexual and hates women. He is also what?
(a) Deaf and mute.
(b) Financially poor and an idiot.
(c) Wealthy and attractive.
(d) Married with children.

5. Erickson feels that when the circumstances of a patient need to be changed, it is wrong to prevent healthy growth by substituting ______ for good therapy.
(a) Sedatives.
(b) Friendly advice.
(c) Self-help books.
(d) Family treatment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Erickson would use his position to effect a beneficial ______ that leaves the couple reoriented into their new and improved dynamic and empowers them to go back to leaving out the therapist.

2. The purpose of the therapeutic interventions in Chapter 7 are to provide some _______ regarding the entire situation.

3. Erickson notes that long-term therapy of only one partner in a marriage makes the marriage what?

4. Erickson does not tell Harold there is anything wrong with _________; he tells Harold that he wants to put Harold into a position to be open to changing or keeping his ideas about himself.

5. In what technique does Erickson use trance to release people from deep-seated behavior patterns, some of which have been counter productive or relied upon to reduce fears?

(see the answer key)

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