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

2. In the example of the woman in the car accident in Chapter 8, the therapist was not even able to apply _____ that would actually alleviate the young woman's chronic pain.
(a) Medication.
(b) Hypnosis.
(c) Surgery.
(d) Mental help.

3. Haley observes that there are repercussions throughout the family system (meaning people of the families that led up to this union are affected by the turn of events) when what occurs?
(a) The intersection of families.
(b) The death of a parent.
(c) The arrival of offspring.
(d) The death of a grandparent.

4. 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?
(a) His homework.
(b) Performing his son's domestic chores.
(c) His schooling.
(d) His social arrangements.

5. Chapter 7 includes examples of when one partner's ______ behavior has disturbed the sexual life of the couple.
(a) Abusive.
(b) Creative.
(c) Controlling.
(d) Coercive.

Short Answer Questions

1. In some cases in Chapter 8, one or more parents would interfere or remove the patient from therapy once what?

2. What is often an integral part of Erickson's treatment plan?

3. Erickson feels that when the circumstances of a patient need to be changed, it is wrong to prevent healthy growth by substituting ______ for good therapy.

4. Erickson worked to encourage a girl in Chapter 8 to voice her criticisms of her mother and re-work her perception of her father's behaviors, which included some incorrect perceptions regarding the parents' _______ .

5. Attendance at therapy permits Erickson to instruct the couple through an intervention how to enable them to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the case in Chapter 6 in which the mother is ultimately left out following post-partum depression.

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

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

4. How does Erickson enable couples in Chapter 6?

5. How does Erickson use not siding with one family member as a technique?

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

7. Describe the outcome of the example from Chapter 6 in which a child has a sore which festered for 2 years.

8. What does Haley say of children leaving the nest in Chapter 8?

9. What is done with the teenage daughter who knows a family secret in Chapter 8?

10. How do Erickson's techniques vary with different clients?

(see the answer keys)

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