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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Family stress is most severe when someone is _________ (in) the family.
(a) Ill or hospitalized.
(b) Entering or leaving.
(c) Under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
(d) Dying.

2. Haley touches on what has come to be referred to as ______ or maternal psychosis. In the most extreme cases, the mother might be hospitalized.
(a) Bipolar disorder.
(b) Schizophrenia.
(c) Manic depression.
(d) Post-partum depression.

3. Erickson relieves a severely injured old man of pain but further enables him to recover greatly from what in Chapter 9?
(a) A stroke.
(b) Polio.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) A seizure.

4. The use of hypnosis in Chapter 9 is used primarily to do what?
(a) Alleviate pain.
(b) End grief.
(c) Assist childbirth.
(d) Overcome addictions.

5. Haley points out that Erickson had suffered from _____ twice and had been debilitated by it/them.
(a) Nervous breakdowns.
(b) Polio.
(c) Heart attacks.
(d) Strokes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Haley explains that there are times when _____ rather than the family of origin are the real source of the problem.

2. Erickson at times uses his own what to facilitate the husband's willingness to meet the therapist and to experience some therapy?

3. If a couple is able to remain civil and reasonably safe and sane in their fighting, Erickson ______.

4. Voluntary and involuntary behavior is discussed to show how therapeutic techniques transform an individual into being able to perform certain ______.

5. The challenge of the woman with the trembling hand in Chapter 5 was that the wife wanted her husband to do what?

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