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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Character Revision of the Young Adult.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Haley states in Chapter 2 that a pattern involving a built-in need for making changes and adjustments is part of what?
(a) The phase of marriage.
(b) The phase of bearing children.
(c) The phase of adolescence.
(d) The phase of old age.

2. Haley explains that in the most severe cases, Erickson would consider long-term therapy; otherwise, his relationship with clients lasted how long?
(a) One year.
(b) Two or three months.
(c) One visit.
(d) A few weeks.

3. 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 history.
(b) Evaluating the client's emotions.
(c) Understanding the anxieties of the client.
(d) Understanding the client

4. Which technique is also part of intentional hypnotic conditioning (here it is observed that uniformly siding with one family member and the creating of factions by the therapist is discouraged)?
(a) "Encouraging Resistance".
(b) "Amnesia and Control of Information".
(c) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".
(d) "Emphasizing the Positive".

5. Erickson's type of reinforcement in the example in Chapter 3 was incredibly effective and the _____ fell from the forefront into the background of the client's life.
(a) Arrhythmia.
(b) Appendicitis.
(c) Headaches.
(d) Asthma.

Short Answer Questions

1. In one example in Chapter 3, a client's intense fear is eventually overcome by Erickson's encouragement and relating to the patient's _____.

2. The presence of a child or children creates a variant of the _____, which only grows in complexity with the advent of additional children.

3. Hypnosis is described as a special way of _______.

4. Milton Erickson came from the American Midwest and received the majority of his education and preliminary work experience in Wisconsin and _____.

5. Under which heading does Haley address the final stages of life?

(see the answer key)

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