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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. Erickson typically conducts therapy with the goal of keeping a couple together except for two types of case: one, if the couple feels the marriage was a mistake, and second, in the event that the marriage does what?
(a) Leads to problems with children.
(b) Makes either of the members unhappy.
(c) Puts either or both members of it into danger.
(d) Leads to intense sexual insecurities.

2. Part of Erickson's method is not to ________. This is described as being on the service of truth and unity even though it may sound artificial. He does this consistently as a rule of thumb.
(a) Tell the immediate truth.
(b) See the entire family.
(c) Uniformly side with the same family member.
(d) See one patient solely.

3. There are numerous cases referred to in Chapter 6. One is about a sore that festered for how long?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Two years.
(c) One year.
(d) Six years.

4. Haley begins Chapter 8 by explaining that the way therapy is conducted has progressed in a leap and that ____ signifies the change from recognizing that problems within a family are just that.
(a) Erickson.
(b) Jung.
(c) Freud.
(d) Mesmer.

5. Once Erickson _____________, he then keeps out of that friendship so that it takes its own natural course.
(a) Arranges for a client to contact parental figures.
(b) Sets up interviews with other clients.
(c) Helps a patient to establish contact.
(d) Sets up a date.

Short Answer Questions

1. Haley cites one of Erickson's cases in Chapter 6 where the mother who sought treatment was ultimately what?

2. In Chapter 5, Erickson and Haley both admit that not all young adults want to do what?

3. 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?

4. 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.

5. Which heading in Chapter 1 shows how Erickson gets the husband to enter therapy just to straighten out the therapist?

(see the answer key)

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