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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which heading in Chapter 1 cultivates a response until a goal is reached?
(a) "Encouraging Resistance".
(b) "Amplifying a Deviation".
(c) "Emphasizing the Positive".
(d) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".

2. 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) Strengths.
(b) Weaknesses.
(c) Fears.
(d) Anxiety.

3. 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) "Awakening and Disengagement".
(d) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".

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

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

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

7. 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) "Weaning Parents From Children".
(c) "Retirement and Old Age".
(d) "Leaving the Nest".

8. Erickson's method is in contrast to other forms of talk therapy where there is a greater emphasis on __________, and the relationship tends to involve weekly meetings for years on end.
(a) Evaluating the client's history.
(b) Understanding the anxieties of the client.
(c) Evaluating the client's emotions.
(d) Understanding the client

9. Erickson was able to encourage an "Asthmatic Mama's boy" out of the role of sickly and meek and out into the realm of what?
(a) Opening a small business.
(b) Working in banking.
(c) Working in law.
(d) Working in construction.

10. Haley writes of one case in which a woman was directly threatened with death by her husband over what?
(a) Her infidelity.
(b) The gender of their baby.
(c) Her spending.
(d) Her family.

11. 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) "Emphasizing the Positive".
(b) "Awakening and Disengagement".
(c) "Encouraging Resistance".
(d) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".

12. The challenge of the woman with the trembling hand in Chapter 5 was that the wife wanted her husband to do what?
(a) Change careers.
(b) Get an education.
(c) Support her.
(d) Have children.

13. Once Erickson _____________, he then keeps out of that friendship so that it takes its own natural course.
(a) Sets up interviews with other clients.
(b) Sets up a date.
(c) Helps a patient to establish contact.
(d) Arranges for a client to contact parental figures.

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 problems with children.
(c) Puts either or both members of it into danger.
(d) Leads to intense sexual insecurities.

15. The transition from being a child into being an adult involves ______ of the relational patterns between family members.
(a) Rearrangement.
(b) Manipulation.
(c) Removal.
(d) Dismissal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under which heading does Haley address the final stages of life?

2. The amnesia seems to be for the purpose of helping the clients themselves to be able to feel as if he has not done what?

3. In some cases, Erickson offers patients the option to make more complete changes in a shorter time span. In these cases, he assures them that they can, but the greater the transformation, the greater the _________ associated with the changes that will be facilitated by hypnosis.

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

5. Haley states in Chapter 2, there is a need for the ______ to make a major adjustment towards the relationship of another family member but also to another family.

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