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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 1 is it stated that Erickson emphasized both the autonomy and togetherness of family members?
(a) "Encouraging Resistance".
(b) "Emphasizing the Positive".
(c) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".
(d) "Awakening and Disengagement".

2. Which heading in Chapter 1 is shown to help work out residual resistance to desirable changes?
(a) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".
(b) "Emphasizing the Positive".
(c) "Encouraging a Relapse".
(d) "Encouraging Resistance".

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

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)?
(a) "Amnesia and Control of Information".
(b) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".
(c) "Encouraging Resistance".
(d) "Emphasizing the Positive".

5. Under which heading in Chapter 2 does Haley explain that what occurs here is that couples are faced with dynamic challenges?
(a) "Childbirth and Dealing with the Young".
(b) "Marriage and its Consequences".
(c) "Premeditated Childbirth".
(d) "Extension of Family".

6. In most of the examples referred to in Chapter 3, success in dating leads not only into marriage, but also into ____.
(a) Divorce.
(b) Career.
(c) Parenting.
(d) Life.

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

8. Which heading in Chapter 1 shows how Erickson gets the husband to enter therapy just to straighten out the therapist?
(a) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".
(b) "Encouraging Resistance".
(c) "Encouraging a Response by Frustrating It".
(d) "Emphasizing the Positive".

9. 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) "Awakening and Disengagement".
(c) "Encouraging Resistance".
(d) "Emphasizing the Positive".

10. Under which heading does Haley write that the marriage ceremony is actually very important to more than just those who are marrying?
(a) "Marriage and Its Consequences".
(b) "The Marriage of Family".
(c) "The Growing of Family".
(d) "The Secular Family".

11. The cases in Chapter 5 typically include whom in the couple?
(a) The husband.
(b) The children.
(c) The wife.
(d) Both parties.

12. Hypnosis is described as a special way of _______.
(a) Communicating.
(b) Administering help.
(c) Brain washing.
(d) Beaconing.

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

14. In one example in Chapter 3, a client's intense fear is eventually overcome by Erickson's encouragement and relating to the patient's _____.
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Strengths.
(c) Fears.
(d) Weaknesses.

15. Either Harold wasn't truly homosexual in the first place, but had other troubles with women, or was a bisexual who was turned on to women once what?
(a) He came to terms with his abusive childhood.
(b) His fears of them had been properly addressed.
(c) His parents passed away.
(d) His sister died.

Short Answer Questions

1. Erickson was responsible for the development and introduction into therapies of _____.

2. Haley explains that Erickson, in dealing with ______, does not attempt to change their fundamental nature and does not even try to confront the real problem directly.

3. Which title from Chapter 1 shows how indirect communication can be better therapy in some cases?

4. Which heading in Chapter 1 cultivates a response until a goal is reached?

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

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