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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The case study in Chapter 8 involving the girl with body issues follows the therapist's instructions to for the daughter to insist upon ______ from the mother as the condition for the presence.
(a) Positivism.
(b) Silence.
(c) Respectful behavior.
(d) False pleasantries.

2. In the case of the child with the sore, Erickson took personal responsibility to mimic addressing what that should have been covered by the parents?
(a) His fears of neglect.
(b) His sexuality.
(c) His fear of abandonment.
(d) An educational concern.

3. What is the name of the man whom Erickson treats in Chapter 8 who had lost 80 lbs. in 6 months?
(a) Sean.
(b) Harold.
(c) Herbert.
(d) Steven.

4. In the case where the husband has threatened to kill his wife unless she gives birth to a child of the gender he wants, Erickson recommends the couple do what?
(a) See a geneticist.
(b) Divorce.
(c) Don't have children.
(d) Get an ultrasound.

5. The case study in Chapter 8 of the girl with body issues concludes showing this young woman succeeds in marrying but not without a conflict about whether to do what regarding her mother?
(a) Introduce her to her husband.
(b) Allow her to see her grandchildren.
(c) Invite her to the wedding.
(d) Speak to her again.

6. The husband who threatens to kill his wife about the gender of their child is of what occupation?
(a) Laborer.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Banker.

7. Erickson cites examples of a couple that ceased to have an alcohol problem when they did what on weekends?
(a) Went to restaurants.
(b) Went camping.
(c) Went driving.
(d) Went shopping.

8. In cases where only the wife comes in, the husband has often implied that the therapist is having some kind of relationship with his wife, therefore _____ the relationship.
(a) Complicating.
(b) Triangulating.
(c) Emasculating.
(d) Irritating.

9. What occurrence either forces or allows other relatives, be it the father or extended family, a great chance to take care of the baby?
(a) Death of a parent.
(b) Post-partum depression.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Childhood disability.

10. The therapists of the 19th-century noticed that there was something deeper going on; here Mesmer and ____ are used as examples
(a) Erickson.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Jung.
(d) Freud.

11. Haley begins Chapter 8 by explaining that the way therapy is conducted has progressed in a leap and that ____ signifies the change from recognizing that problems within a family are just that.
(a) Erickson.
(b) Mesmer.
(c) Freud.
(d) Jung.

12. Chapter 9 deals with what aspect of life?
(a) Having children.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Getting divorced.
(d) Growing old.

13. For some parents the transition from being a parent into _________ actually makes it easier for over involved parents to let go of their own offspring.
(a) Empty nesters.
(b) None of the answers is correct..
(c) Growing old.
(d) Being a grandparent.

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

15. Erickson worked to encourage a girl in Chapter 8 to voice her criticisms of her mother and re-work her perception of her father's behaviors, which included some incorrect perceptions regarding the parents' _______ .
(a) Dominance.
(b) Hospitalization.
(c) Overbearing-ness.
(d) Sexual difficulties.

Short Answer Questions

1. Haley notes in Chapter 8 that people may or may not recognize that they need to be _______ their own children.

2. The elderly man in Chapter 9 is first roused from nearly a full year in bed by being _______ by his therapist.

3. The suggestion of Erickson's in Chapter 6 is that he takes what action to protect the over-all wellbeing of the mind of the patient?

4. What did Erickson accuse the man with the headache of harboring in the end of Chapter 7?

5. The parents in Chapter 8 who had dependency issues revisited the therapist when their daughter became ______. They weren't sure how often they should visit.

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