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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One example in Chapter 8 is a case where a teenager is _______ because she relates the fact that her mother has been having an affair with a local wealthy man.
(a) Institutionalized.
(b) Sent to boarding school.
(c) Sent to live with her grandparents.
(d) Heartbroken.

2. 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) Get an ultrasound.
(d) Don't have children.

3. Erickson allowed previous patients to visit him of their own accord, on a _____ level.
(a) Follow-up.
(b) Medical.
(c) Social.
(d) Prescribed.

4. Where was the man from whom Erickson helped to walk in Chapter 9?
(a) France.
(b) Prussia.
(c) Russia.
(d) India.

5. The 19th-century method was to treat a patient in what way?
(a) With the family.
(b) On an individual basis.
(c) By hypnosis.
(d) Within the hospital.

6. Erickson notes that long-term therapy of only one partner in a marriage makes the marriage what?
(a) Happy.
(b) Content.
(c) Strangled.
(d) Unnatural.

7. When Erickson did work long-term with a patient, he would change up the _____ of the appointments.
(a) Meeting-place.
(b) Duration.
(c) Frequency.
(d) Expectations.

8. 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) Impulsive.
(b) Helpful.
(c) Interrogative.
(d) Manipulative.

9. For those who glorify ______, older years may have a more difficult psychological impact.
(a) Babies.
(b) Youth culture.
(c) Early family life.
(d) Childhood.

10. It stated in Chapter 7 that Erickson recognized that normally the problem was indicative not only of a trouble with _____ but also in social conditions and other influences.
(a) The family.
(b) The parents.
(c) The patient.
(d) The friends.

11. Part of Erickson's method is not to ________. This is described as being on the service of truth and unity even though it may sound artificial. He does this consistently as a rule of thumb.
(a) Uniformly side with the same family member.
(b) See the entire family.
(c) See one patient solely.
(d) Tell the immediate truth.

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

13. What is often an integral part of Erickson's treatment plan?
(a) Physical exercise.
(b) Revision.
(c) Childhood memory.
(d) Hypnosis.

14. There are numerous cases referred to in Chapter 6. One is about a sore that festered for how long?
(a) Six years.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) One year.
(d) Two years.

15. The therapist prescribes a specific course of action with the boy with behavioral problems in Chapter 6. With his direction and his assurance that her son is not being put in danger from doing so, the mother spends an entire day doing what?
(a) Leaving her son in a locked closet.
(b) Yelling at her son.
(c) Sitting on her son.
(d) Spanking her son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Solving problems associated with alcohol, prescription tranquilizer, and illegal drug use are all included in what chapter?

2. 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.

3. 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?

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

5. In order to heal the sore on a child's body in the example in Chapter 6, it was necessary for the boy's father to take over what?

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