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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Solving problems associated with alcohol, prescription tranquilizer, and illegal drug use are all included in what chapter?
(a) Chapter 6.
(b) Chapter 2.
(c) Chapter 9.
(d) Chapter 7.

2. Haley observes that there are repercussions throughout the family system (meaning people of the families that led up to this union are affected by the turn of events) when what occurs?
(a) The arrival of offspring.
(b) The death of a grandparent.
(c) The death of a parent.
(d) The intersection of families.

3. 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 fear of abandonment.
(c) His sexuality.
(d) An educational concern.

4. 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?
(a) Hypnosis.
(b) Amnesia.
(c) Abrasive behavior.
(d) Reverse psychology.

5. 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) Jung.
(b) Erickson.
(c) Freud.
(d) Mesmer.

6. In one case of a wife who dominated her husband in Chapter 7, if a caller on the phone wouldn't announce who they were she would do what?
(a) Accuse her husband of adultery.
(b) Hang up.
(c) Scream.
(d) Cry.

7. Erickson would combine acceptance of the patient's condition upon entering treatment with hypnosis and ______ modes of intervention.
(a) Invasive.
(b) Massage.
(c) Therapeutic.
(d) Non-hypnotic.

8. Erickson claims that when a husband and wife where _____ of each other, it was best to see them together.
(a) Neglectful.
(b) Insecure.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Loving.

9. The therapist's intent is to be what to the marriage and to each of the partners in it?
(a) Coercive.
(b) Dominant.
(c) Apathetic.
(d) Sympathetic.

10. 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) Schizophrenia.
(b) Death of a parent.
(c) Childhood disability.
(d) Post-partum depression.

11. In one example in Chapter 8, a girl's _______ needed improvement, and she needed to lose a lot of weight.
(a) Family life.
(b) Body image.
(c) Sense of style.
(d) Social life.

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

13. One extreme example of dependency in Chapter 8 is when a young woman goes off to college and her parents build an addition to the house so she can live there while she is an adult, including when?
(a) After she's disowned them.
(b) After they've died.
(c) After college.
(d) After marriage.

14. Erickson restricts himself to the truth, which Haley points out as a means that distinguishes him from those seeking to be _____ rather than those who are forthright and have an interest in the welfare of the client.
(a) Interrogative.
(b) Impulsive.
(c) Manipulative.
(d) Helpful.

15. Erickson keyed into the young woman from the car accident's problems when after much probing, he learned that an elder sister had left home, married against the parents' wishes and was now ______.
(a) Suicidal.
(b) Going to have a baby.
(c) Hospitalized.
(d) In rehab.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. In the example of the woman in the car accident in Chapter 8, the therapist was not even able to apply _____ that would actually alleviate the young woman's chronic pain.

3. Haley reports that power struggles about who is _____ in a marriage are quite normal during the early years.

4. When Erickson did work long-term with a patient, he would change up the _____ of the appointments.

5. The first example Haley gives in Chapter 9 involves a man with an intense fear of what?

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