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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Marriage and Family Dilemmas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The husband who threatens to kill his wife about the gender of their child is of what occupation?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Banker.
(d) Laborer.

2. The dynamic between the parents of the child with the sore was affected because they paid attention to ______ in relation to the chores in a different way.
(a) The therapist.
(b) The other children.
(c) One another.
(d) The child.

3. In one case in Chapter 5, there was competition between the mother and the ______ over mothering the new baby.
(a) Mother-in-law.
(b) Father.
(c) Sister.
(d) Mother's mother.

4. Which heading in Chapter 1 is shown to help work out residual resistance to desirable changes?
(a) "Emphasizing the Positive".
(b) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".
(c) "Encouraging Resistance".
(d) "Encouraging a Relapse".

5. In a nonviolent case, Erickson often encourages _____ within a couple.
(a) Dissent.
(b) None of the answers is correct.
(c) Letter-writing.
(d) Spying.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the case where the husband has threatened to kill his wife unless she gives birth to a child of the gender he wants, Erickson recommends the couple do what?

2. Addressing their fears and insecurities while helping them to make some needed _______ are all part of the therapy for those who want this.

3. When children have left home and can no longer "be used to ___________," the parents are often confronted with each other in a different way.

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

5. In Erickson's case in Chapter 6 which involved the boy's bed-wetting problem, Erickson suggested that if he didn't wet the bed for a month his parents were obligated to get him what?

(see the answer key)

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