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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. When Harold has succeeded in school, Erickson persuades him to drop the idea that he is somehow _____ minded.
(a) Feeble.
(b) Powerfully.
(c) Intelligently.
(d) Strong.

2. Under which heading in Chapter 2 does Haley explain that therapy must take into account the reality of how factors outside the marriage and beyond the individual partners have an affect upon what happens and may contain suggestions and warnings about the way to navigate a set of solutions?
(a) "The Struggle of Marriages".
(b) "Growing Old Gracefully".
(c) "Marriage and its Consequences".
(d) "Middle Marriage Difficulties".

3. A prominent concern is a family entanglement in which Harold needs to alter the dynamic with himself and one of his siblings who is one member of what kind of couple?
(a) Dishonest.
(b) Abusive.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Alcoholic.

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

5. In Chapter 2, the author notes that among humans, the mating style appears to vary _____.
(a) Culturally.
(b) Periodically.
(c) Innately.
(d) According to society.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which heading in Chapter 1 involves subjective aspects of time?

2. One case of Chapter 4 includes a man named Harold who asserts that he is homosexual and hates women. He is also what?

3. 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.

4. Erickson's use of intentional forms of amnesia as part of the trance is done in order to _________ and to empower individuals to make certain changes.

5. In Chapter 5, Haley shows how Erickson applied therapy when the challenge was to help new parents over into the ______ of being parents.

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Erickson's methods of frustration, space, and emphasizing the positive.

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

3. What are Erickson's primary goals in couple's therapy?

4. What is Haley's description of "Middle Marriage Difficulties"?

5. How does Erickson address Harold's issues with women?

6. When was hypnosis introduced to the psychiatric community and why?

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

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

9. What are some of the prominent issues in marriages as Haley suggests in Chapter 5?

10. What does Haley say regarding the cycle of "Marriage and Its Consequences"?

(see the answer keys)

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