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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. The cases in Chapter 5 typically include whom in the couple?
(a) The children.
(b) The wife.
(c) Both parties.
(d) The husband.

2. When Harold has succeeded in school, Erickson persuades him to drop the idea that he is somehow _____ minded.
(a) Feeble.
(b) Powerfully.
(c) Strong.
(d) Intelligently.

3. 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 other children.
(b) One another.
(c) The therapist.
(d) The child.

4. Once he overcomes the severe effects of the poverty of his childhood, Harold manages to develop a new habit of __________.
(a) Dressing himself well.
(b) Working out.
(c) Going to nice dinners.
(d) Asking guests to his house.

5. There may be fears, insecurities and inadequacies involved, but Erickson is not so interested in these or in explaining all about the shortcomings to the client, but rather Erickson focuses on helping the client to work towards what?
(a) Unveiling their past.
(b) Discussing their family.
(c) Success in other areas of life.
(d) Releasing pent-up emotions.

Short Answer Questions

1. The 19th-century method was to treat a patient in what way?

2. Haley writes of a case in Chapter 5 in which a new mother was so distraught that she was hospitalized; the trouble was that in some cases, the receipt of treatment is used by others in the greater familial context as what?

3. The period of adolescence that often closely predates major mating activity is one of the most important times for people to do what?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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