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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, it becomes apparent over time that Harold is a very _______ worker.
(a) Lazy.
(b) Poor.
(c) Dedicated but uneducated.
(d) Diligent and good.

2. When Harold has succeeded in school, Erickson persuades him to drop the idea that he is somehow _____ minded.
(a) Powerfully.
(b) Intelligently.
(c) Strong.
(d) Feeble.

3. In what technique does Erickson use trance to release people from deep-seated behavior patterns, some of which have been counter productive or relied upon to reduce fears?
(a) "Encouraging a relapse".
(b) "Revision of nature".
(c) "Frustrating the problem".
(d) "Communicating in metaphor".

4. A prominent concern is a family entanglement in which Harold needs to alter the dynamic with himself and one of his siblings who is one member of what kind of couple?
(a) Alcoholic.
(b) Dishonest.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Abusive.

5. The one condition on which Erickson allows couples to fight was that they genuinely seek to what?
(a) Not speak to the therapist as a third party.
(b) Not shout.
(c) Not involve their children in their disputes.
(d) Resolve the disagreement in a conclusive and definitive manner.

6. The period of adolescence that often closely predates major mating activity is one of the most important times for people to do what?
(a) Appreciate their families.
(b) Receive medication if needed.
(c) Receive any necessary therapy.
(d) Branch out on their own.

7. Erickson's therapy includes and involves helping the _____ patients to overcome their fears surrounding dating issues.
(a) Homosexual.
(b) Child.
(c) Adolescent.
(d) Adult.

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

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

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

11. The presence of a child or children creates a variant of the _____, which only grows in complexity with the advent of additional children.
(a) "Love triangle".
(b) "Building blocks".
(c) "Bridge of Connection".
(d) "Family circle".

12. Harold succeeds in cultivating a friendship with an unintelligent ______ man who has been highly effective at making the best of who he is.
(a) Wealthy.
(b) Handicapped.
(c) Fatherly.
(d) Educated.

13. Under which heading in Chapter 2 does Haley explain that therapy must take into account the reality of how factors outside the marriage and beyond the individual partners have an affect upon what happens and may contain suggestions and warnings about the way to navigate a set of solutions?
(a) "The Struggle of Marriages".
(b) "Growing Old Gracefully".
(c) "Marriage and its Consequences".
(d) "Middle Marriage Difficulties".

14. Erickson typically conducts therapy with the goal of keeping a couple together except for two types of case: one, if the couple feels the marriage was a mistake, and second, in the event that the marriage does what?
(a) Makes either of the members unhappy.
(b) Leads to intense sexual insecurities.
(c) Puts either or both members of it into danger.
(d) Leads to problems with children.

15. In Chapter 5, Haley shows how Erickson applied therapy when the challenge was to help new parents over into the ______ of being parents.
(a) Regression.
(b) Phase of life.
(c) Involvement.
(d) Evolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Erickson's use of intentional forms of amnesia as part of the trance is done in order to _________ and to empower individuals to make certain changes.

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

3. 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?

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

5. In Chapter 5, Erickson and Haley both admit that not all young adults want to do what?

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