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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Marriage and Its Consequences.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which heading in Chapter 1 shows how Erickson gets the husband to enter therapy just to straighten out the therapist?
(a) "Encouraging Resistance".
(b) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".
(c) "Encouraging a Response by Frustrating It".
(d) "Emphasizing the Positive".

2. Which technique is rooted in two ideas: that at least many unconscious motives are beneficial and that positive reinforcement is most effective in influencing behavior?
(a) "Seeding Ideas".
(b) "Encouraging Resistance".
(c) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".
(d) "Emphasizing the Positive".

3. Family stress is most severe when someone is _________ (in) the family.
(a) Entering or leaving.
(b) Under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
(c) Dying.
(d) Ill or hospitalized.

4. Voluntary and involuntary behavior is discussed to show how therapeutic techniques transform an individual into being able to perform certain ______.
(a) New behaviors.
(b) Trance stages.
(c) Cognitive recognitions.
(d) Restrictive behaviors.

5. The first heading of Chapter 1 is titled _____________; wherein, the individual in therapy is re-educated to view resistance as a form of cooperation in its own right.
(a) "Encouraging Resistance".
(b) "Providing a Worse Alternative".
(c) "Emphasizing the Positive".
(d) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".

Short Answer Questions

1. Erickson mentions that in cases where the woman won't let the man talk, as the therapist, he will either get her to keep her mouth shut and listen or will do what?

2. 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.

3. A prominent concern is a family entanglement in which Harold needs to alter the dynamic with himself and one of his siblings who is one member of what kind of couple?

4. Which heading in Chapter 1 is shown to help work out residual resistance to desirable changes?

5. It is stated in In Chapter 2 that some, but not all, will naturally ________; others will not. This evidently affects the culture.

(see the answer key)

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