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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. 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) Grandparents.
(b) Therapists.
(c) Alcohol and drugs.
(d) Friends and neighbors.

2. One case of Chapter 4 includes a man named Harold who asserts that he is homosexual and hates women. He is also what?
(a) Financially poor and an idiot.
(b) Married with children.
(c) Deaf and mute.
(d) Wealthy and attractive.

3. Erickson does not tell Harold there is anything wrong with _________; he tells Harold that he wants to put Harold into a position to be open to changing or keeping his ideas about himself.
(a) His appearance.
(b) His sexual orientation
(c) His emotions.
(d) His intellect.

4. One client in Chapter 5 received therapy for a few months and then simply lost or stuffed down her symptoms and is written of as having _______ since.
(a) Behaved normally.
(b) Committed suicide.
(c) Gotten divorced.
(d) Been hospitalized.

5. Erickson addresses Harold's anxieties and hatred about women in a simple way. He ______ a relationship with a woman who teaches him.
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) Asks about.
(c) Follows.
(d) Initiates.

Short Answer Questions

1. The husband who threatens to kill his wife about the gender of their child is of what occupation?

2. The one condition on which Erickson allows couples to fight was that they genuinely seek to what?

3. The author does not mention the issue of whether to ______ when he mentions the matter of marriage.

4. Which technique is also part of intentional hypnotic conditioning (here it is observed that uniformly siding with one family member and the creating of factions by the therapist is discouraged)?

5. Which title from Chapter 1 is also used for negative reinforcement and as a means to redirect patients?

(see the answer key)

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