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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under which heading of Chapter 2 does Haley state that children develop their own roles within families and parents face serious changes when they leave?
(a) "Breaking Apron Springs".
(b) "Leaving the Nest".
(c) "Weaning Parents From Children".
(d) "Retirement and Old Age".

2. When the client's real need is _______, Erickson goes out of his way to actually artificially create relationships for his patients.
(a) Parenting.
(b) Friends.
(c) Social contact.
(d) Sexual contact.

3. It is stated in In Chapter 2 that some, but not all, will naturally ________; others will not. This evidently affects the culture.
(a) Mate for life.
(b) Leave the nest.
(c) Be homosexual.
(d) Divorce.

4. Haley explains that in the most severe cases, Erickson would consider long-term therapy; otherwise, his relationship with clients lasted how long?
(a) Two or three months.
(b) One visit.
(c) One year.
(d) A few weeks.

5. Once he overcomes the severe effects of the poverty of his childhood, Harold manages to develop a new habit of __________.
(a) Dressing himself well.
(b) Working out.
(c) Asking guests to his house.
(d) Going to nice dinners.

6. Voluntary and involuntary behavior is discussed to show how therapeutic techniques transform an individual into being able to perform certain ______.
(a) Restrictive behaviors.
(b) New behaviors.
(c) Trance stages.
(d) Cognitive recognitions.

7. 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) Appendicitis.
(b) Arrhythmia.
(c) Asthma.
(d) Headaches.

8. Haley explains that there are times when _____ rather than the family of origin are the real source of the problem.
(a) Uncles.
(b) Peers.
(c) Aunts.
(d) Teachers.

9. Erickson was responsible for the development and introduction into therapies of _____.
(a) "Strategic Therapy".
(b) "Encouraging Resistance".
(c) "Providing a Worse Alternative".
(d) "Family orientation".

10. Under which heading of Chapter 1 does it state that therapy now helps patients make changes without any focus on understanding why the previous behavior had existed?
(a) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".
(b) "Encouraging Resistance".
(c) "Awakening and Disengagement".
(d) "Emphasizing the Positive".

11. Which title from Chapter 1 shows how indirect communication can be better therapy in some cases?
(a) "Causing Change by Communicating in Metaphor".
(b) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".
(c) "Encouraging Resistance".
(d) "Emphasizing the Positive".

12. Erickson is truthful to the client. This includes acknowledging that the pain or other problem may what?
(a) Never go away.
(b) Involve the pain of others.
(c) Become a bigger problem.
(d) Continue for some time.

13. In which situation is it said that new way of finding their equilibrium as a couple is needed?
(a) After childbirth.
(b) During divorce.
(c) When parents grow old.
(d) When someone passes away.

14. In a nonviolent case, Erickson often encourages _____ within a couple.
(a) Letter-writing.
(b) Dissent.
(c) Spying.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

15. Which heading in Chapter 1 has the most hypnotic focus?
(a) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".
(b) "Emphasizing the Positive".
(c) "Encouraging Resistance".
(d) "Seeding Ideas".

Short Answer Questions

1. Erickson mentions that in cases where the woman won't let the man talk, as the therapist, he will either get her to keep her mouth shut and listen or will do what?

2. Erickson writes of withholding and sharing information and of how he succeeds in curing a young woman of pain she experiences during ______.

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

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. Erickson's therapy includes and involves helping the _____ patients to overcome their fears surrounding dating issues.

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