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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. A fear of women that had been troubling Erickson's client in Chapter 3 was overcome but Erickson never even discussed that fear with this client, as the problem was solved through his what?
(a) Direct approach.
(b) Indirect approach.
(c) Hypnosis.
(d) Quitting smoking.

2. In one case of a wife who dominated her husband in Chapter 7, if a caller on the phone wouldn't announce who they were she would do what?
(a) Cry.
(b) Accuse her husband of adultery.
(c) Hang up.
(d) Scream.

3. The child who had the festering sore improved in _____ and the family's situation had found its new equilibrium.
(a) Reading.
(b) Math.
(c) Spelling.
(d) Science.

4. A great part of the therapist's role is to supply _______ over one or more people in a temporary manner to facilitate a cure or other effective treatment of a problem.
(a) Companionship.
(b) Needed control.
(c) Emotional support.
(d) Physical support.

5. 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) Evaluating the client's history.
(d) Understanding the anxieties of the client.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eventually, through a lengthy process including both success and failure, Erickson gets Harold to complete what?

2. Haley writes in Chapter 8 that the most destructive parents are not those who treat their children badly but those who are what?

3. In the case of the child with the sore, Erickson took personal responsibility to mimic addressing what that should have been covered by the parents?

4. Erickson notes in Chapter 8 that when you start defending "my rights," you become a what?

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

(see the answer key)

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