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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. Which title from Chapter 1 is also used for negative reinforcement and as a means to redirect patients?
(a) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".
(b) "Encouraging Resistance".
(c) "Emphasizing the Positive".
(d) "Providing a Worse Alternative".

2. Haley explains that Erickson, in dealing with ______, does not attempt to change their fundamental nature and does not even try to confront the real problem directly.
(a) Children.
(b) Parents.
(c) Adolescents.
(d) Grandparents.

3. The first heading of Chapter 1 is titled _____________; wherein, the individual in therapy is re-educated to view resistance as a form of cooperation in its own right.
(a) "Providing a Worse Alternative".
(b) "Emphasizing the Positive".
(c) "Encouraging Resistance".
(d) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".

4. Which heading in Chapter 1 cultivates a response until a goal is reached?
(a) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".
(b) "Amplifying a Deviation".
(c) "Emphasizing the Positive".
(d) "Encouraging Resistance".

5. In one scenario in Chapter 5, Erickson was ignorant in matters of baby gender prediction, but he did recommend _____ to avert disaster.
(a) Institutionalization.
(b) Divorce.
(c) Medication.
(d) Separation.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what technique does Erickson use trance to release people from deep-seated behavior patterns, some of which have been counter productive or relied upon to reduce fears?

2. One of the most prominent facts about Chapter 5 is that what early in a marriage are a common and readily treatable problem?

3. What is the title of Chapter 1 in the book?

4. There may be fears, insecurities and inadequacies involved, but Erickson is not so interested in these or in explaining all about the shortcomings to the client, but rather Erickson focuses on helping the client to work towards what?

5. The one condition on which Erickson allows couples to fight was that they genuinely seek to what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Erickson's use of metaphor and relapse.

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

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

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

6. How does Haley describe Erickson's approach to adolescents in Chapter 3?

7. What does Haley write about the institution of marriage in the beginning of Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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