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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Weaning Parents from Children.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Erickson notes that long-term therapy of only one partner in a marriage makes the marriage what?
(a) Unnatural.
(b) Content.
(c) Strangled.
(d) Happy.

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

3. 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?
(a) "Revision of nature".
(b) "Frustrating the problem".
(c) "Encouraging a relapse".
(d) "Communicating in metaphor".

4. Under which heading does Haley address the final stages of life?
(a) "Growing Old".
(b) "Retirement and Old Age".
(c) "Weaning Parents from Children".
(d) "When I'm 64".

5. Chapter 7 includes examples of when one partner's ______ behavior has disturbed the sexual life of the couple.
(a) Controlling.
(b) Abusive.
(c) Creative.
(d) Coercive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Often enough, if the woman did not have a good experience with what from the beginning would she seek an annulment of the marriage?

2. In a nonviolent case, Erickson often encourages _____ within a couple.

3. Erickson is truthful to the client. This includes acknowledging that the pain or other problem may what?

4. Haley reports that power struggles about who is _____ in a marriage are quite normal during the early years.

5. When the client's real need is _______, Erickson goes out of his way to actually artificially create relationships for his patients.

(see the answer key)

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