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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Therapy is meant to facilitate the transition of a person from the situation of being a child into being what?
(a) A codependent adult.
(b) None of the answers is correct.
(c) An independent adult.
(d) A functioning adult.

2. Erickson's use of intentional forms of amnesia as part of the trance is done in order to _________ and to empower individuals to make certain changes.
(a) Make massive changes.
(b) Distress the patients.
(c) Record their hidden secrets.
(d) Alleviate the distress of patients.

3. The presence of a child or children creates a variant of the _____, which only grows in complexity with the advent of additional children.
(a) "Family circle".
(b) "Love triangle".
(c) "Building blocks".
(d) "Bridge of Connection".

4. 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) Quitting smoking.
(c) Indirect approach.
(d) Hypnosis.

5. Erickson's therapy includes and involves helping the _____ patients to overcome their fears surrounding dating issues.
(a) Child.
(b) Adolescent.
(c) Homosexual.
(d) Adult.

Short Answer Questions

1. Erickson addresses Harold's anxieties and hatred about women in a simple way. He ______ a relationship with a woman who teaches him.

2. The amnesia seems to be for the purpose of helping the clients themselves to be able to feel as if he has not done what?

3. 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.

4. What is the title of Chapter 1 in the book?

5. After Erickson's client secured the job in Chapter 3, the therapist asked for details about how corrections were made when the client revealed that there had been _____.

(see the answer key)

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