View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The Pain of Old Age.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first example Haley gives in Chapter 9 involves a man with an intense fear of what?
(a) Heights.
(b) Elevators.
(c) Women.
(d) Friendship.

2. One example in Chapter 8 is a case where a teenager is _______ because she relates the fact that her mother has been having an affair with a local wealthy man.
(a) Sent to live with her grandparents.
(b) Heartbroken.
(c) Institutionalized.
(d) Sent to boarding school.

3. Erickson's type of reinforcement in the example in Chapter 3 was incredibly effective and the _____ fell from the forefront into the background of the client's life.
(a) Asthma.
(b) Headaches.
(c) Appendicitis.
(d) Arrhythmia.

4. Haley cites one of Erickson's cases in Chapter 6 where the mother who sought treatment was ultimately what?
(a) Imprisoned.
(b) Faced with adoption.
(c) Left out.
(d) Divorced.

5. For some parents the transition from being a parent into _________ actually makes it easier for over involved parents to let go of their own offspring.
(a) Growing old.
(b) None of the answers is correct..
(c) Being a grandparent.
(d) Empty nesters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Erickson gently refuses to help the man who had the stroke again in Chapter 9, claiming that even though it worked before, her husband is probably _____for his therapy to be effective.

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. It stated in Chapter 7 that Erickson recognized that normally the problem was indicative not only of a trouble with _____ but also in social conditions and other influences.

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.

5. In Chapter 5, Haley shows how Erickson applied therapy when the challenge was to help new parents over into the ______ of being parents.

(see the answer key)

This section contains 315 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample