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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) "Premeditated Childbirth".
(c) "Extension of Family".
(d) "Marriage and its Consequences".

3. 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.
(a) Siblings.
(b) Entire family.
(c) Friends.
(d) Parents.

4. During the 1950s, there was still debate about what in psychotherapy?
(a) How to administer medications.
(b) How to approach brain chemistry changes.
(c) How to deal with schizophrenia.
(d) How to facilitate desirable change in patients.

5. When children have left home and can no longer "be used to ___________," the parents are often confronted with each other in a different way.
(a) "Facilitate domination".
(b) "Communicate with siblings".
(c) "Facilitate the family unit".
(d) "Communicate between the parents".

Short Answer Questions

1. In one example in Chapter 3, a client's intense fear is eventually overcome by Erickson's encouragement and relating to the patient's _____.

2. Which title from Chapter 1 is also used for negative reinforcement and as a means to redirect patients?

3. Voluntary and involuntary behavior is discussed to show how therapeutic techniques transform an individual into being able to perform certain ______.

4. Which technique is rooted in two ideas: that at least many unconscious motives are beneficial and that positive reinforcement is most effective in influencing behavior?

5. When the client's real need is _______, Erickson goes out of his way to actually artificially create relationships for his patients.

Short Essay Questions

1. How and with whom does Harold end up beginning a relationship with in Chapter 4?

2. How does Erickson use an indirect method of treatment in the example of the young man who feared women from Chapter 3?

3. How does Erickson approach the sexual orientation of the client in Chapter 4?

4. What is Haley's assertion of changes occurring in "Childbirth and Dealing with the Young"?

5. How did Erickson use positive reinforcement in the asthmatic patient example from Chapter 3?

6. In what way does Erickson's therapy method sometimes step outside of the office?

7. What does Jay Haley remark about Erickson's contribution to the progression of psychotherapy in the beginning of the book?

8. What friendship does Erickson instigate in Chapter 4?

9. What is the purpose of therapy in Haley's opinion as it relates to the phases?

10. Give an example of a case where trance was used by Erickson in Chapter 5.

(see the answer keys)

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