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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Childbirth and Rearing the Young.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.
(a) His appearance.
(b) His sexual orientation
(c) His intellect.
(d) His emotions.

3. Haley points out that Erickson had suffered from _____ twice and had been debilitated by it/them.
(a) Polio.
(b) Strokes.
(c) Nervous breakdowns.
(d) Heart attacks.

4. When the client's real need is _______, Erickson goes out of his way to actually artificially create relationships for his patients.
(a) Sexual contact.
(b) Friends.
(c) Parenting.
(d) Social contact.

5. Haley writes of a case in Chapter 5 in which a new mother was so distraught that she was hospitalized; the trouble was that in some cases, the receipt of treatment is used by others in the greater familial context as what?
(a) An excuse to coddle them.
(b) An excuse for divorce.
(c) An excuse for them to be blamed.
(d) An excuse to unfairly exclude them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Haley observes that there are repercussions throughout the family system (meaning people of the families that led up to this union are affected by the turn of events) when what occurs?

2. There are numerous cases referred to in Chapter 6. One is about a sore that festered for how long?

3. When children have left home and can no longer "be used to ___________," the parents are often confronted with each other in a different way.

4. If a couple is able to remain civil and reasonably safe and sane in their fighting, Erickson ______.

5. In Chapter 5, Haley shows how Erickson applied therapy when the challenge was to help new parents over into the ______ of being parents.

(see the answer key)

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