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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. In order to heal the sore on a child's body in the example in Chapter 6, it was necessary for the boy's father to take over what?
(a) His schooling.
(b) His homework.
(c) His social arrangements.
(d) Performing his son's domestic chores.

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?
(a) An excuse to coddle them.
(b) An excuse for them to be blamed.
(c) An excuse to unfairly exclude them.
(d) An excuse for divorce.

3. It states in Chapter 2 that therapists often discover that habituated communication problems and other issues, including the involvement of _____, are all highly relevant to the families at this juncture.
(a) Friends and neighbors.
(b) Alcohol and drugs.
(c) Therapists.
(d) Grandparents.

4. 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) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".
(b) "Encouraging Resistance".
(c) "Seeding Ideas".
(d) "Emphasizing the Positive".

5. Erickson at times uses his own what to facilitate the husband's willingness to meet the therapist and to experience some therapy?
(a) Coerciveness.
(b) Hypnosis.
(c) Masculinity.
(d) Response.

Short Answer Questions

1. Erickson claims that when a husband and wife where _____ of each other, it was best to see them together.

2. The transition from being a child into being an adult involves ______ of the relational patterns between family members.

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

4. Where additional education is needed, Erickson recommends it; for instance, _________ can educate girls whose mothers or other older women did not properly train in make up or fashion.

5. There are numerous cases referred to in Chapter 6. One is about a sore that festered for how long?

(see the answer key)

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