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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. 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) Spanking her son.
(b) Leaving her son in a locked closet.
(c) Yelling at her son.
(d) Sitting on her son.

2. Erickson notes in Chapter 8 that when you start defending "my rights," you become a what?
(a) Patient.
(b) Ally.
(c) Confidant.
(d) Friend.

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

4. 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) Get an ultrasound.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Don't have children.

5. 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) See the entire family.
(b) See one patient solely.
(c) Uniformly side with the same family member.
(d) Tell the immediate truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Haley states in Chapter 8 that great dramas are enacted when the dynamic between the parents has grown ______ in any way on their relationships with the offspring.

2. One case in Chapter 6 was about how the therapist helped a mother to re-establish her authority with her son. How old was the child?

3. 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?

4. The use of hypnosis in Chapter 9 is used primarily to do what?

5. For some parents the transition from being a parent into _________ actually makes it easier for over involved parents to let go of their own offspring.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Erickson enable couples in Chapter 6?

2. How does Haley describe Erickson asserting his masculinity as a doctor in Chapter 7?

3. What is the standard method Erickson has for accepting clients?

4. What is one of the more controversial aspects of Erickson's hypnosis?

5. Describe the case of the 8-year-old terror, which is provided in Chapter 6.

6. What does Erickson focus on with new mothers facing post-partum depression?

7. How does Erickson feel regarding psychiatric medication?

8. What is stated regarding substance abuse in Chapter 7?

9. With the daughter who is in the accident and whose parents are obsessive, what does Erickson discover?

10. How do Erickson's methods differ than those of the 19th century?

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